bà
䎬
archaic variant of 'rake'
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Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesverb/noun
to rake; a rake; an archaic variant of the character 耙 (bà)
archaicThis character is an archaic, obsolete variant of the modern character 耙. It is rarely, if ever, used in contemporary Chinese and appears only in historical texts or classical dictionaries. The modern word for a rake or the action of raking is 耙.
Gǔ古
shū书
zhōng中
yǒu有
yòng用
‘‘
bà䎱
’
zì字
,
jīn今
xiě写
zuò作
‘‘
bà耙
’
。
The character '䎱' was used in ancient books; today it is written as '耙'.
bà䎱
dì地
(
耙
地
)
to rake the ground