把

把 in English

bǎ measure word, preposition HSK 3: to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
bà: handle

Measure word

度 dù to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour... attested in use

Stroke order

Le caractère 把 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 把

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

Small seal script
Clerical script 秦
See all 3 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

“请把盐递给我。”“拿着。”

"Pass me the salt, please." "Here you are."
「几把钥匙？」Pepperberg 问道。

"How many keys?" asked Pepperberg.
Bob，帮我把他的行李搬到客厅。

Bob, help me carry his suitcase to the living room.
Jane在运动会之前把头发剃短了。

Jane had her hair cut short before the athletic meeting.
Ken把衬衫穿反了。

Ken put his shirt on inside out.
一领到工资就把钱还给你。

I'll pay you back once I receive my salary.
万一她回来得太晚，把这个口信带给她。

If she should come late, give her this message.
上楼把我的旅行箱拿下来。

Go upstairs and bring down my trunk.

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