ba

cease

Original meaning: 

tired, wear out

Simplified form of . Depicts a tired bear () trapped under a net (). Based on the original meaning "tired, wear out". The meaning later shifted to "stop" and "quit".

Components
网 iconic component

  Iconic component

wǎng

  

net

去 simplified component

  Simplified component

  

go away

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

Evolution

罢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
罢 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
罢 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
罢 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

cease, finish, stop; give up; to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finish

() 

ba

(final particle, same as )

Most common words with 罢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

罢了

a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

to stop

罢工

a strike

也罢

never mind

罢休

to give up

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 21.9766% of movies

1488th most common character in movies

1305th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

Unicode

U+7F62


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