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魃

bá

Character

What 魃 means

1. drought demon

Words containing 魃

• 旱魃hàn bádrought demon

Characters built on 犮

These share the phonetic component 犮 (bá), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
• 跋bápostscript; to trek across mountains
• 鲅bà(bound form) Spanish mackerel
• 茇bábetel

Sounds the same

Read bá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 拔to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
• 跋postscript; to trek across mountains
• 菝used in 菝葜
• 妭(literary) beautiful woman; old variant of 魃
• 軷sacrifice
• 茇betel
• 犮old variant of 拔