吧bā · ba
emphatic final particle. 7 strokes, radical 口, first met in HSK 1.
How to write 吧
Strokes 1–3 write 口, then strokes 4–7 write 巴.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 吧 · the stroke-order rules
What 吧 is made of
口 (kǒu, mouth) and 巴 (bā, to desire).
口 carries the meaning — mouth — and 巴 carries the sound.
Words that use 吧
| 吧 | (softens a suggestion, sentence-final particle) 语气助词，用于句末商量提议或轻微推测 先把这一半搬去清洗消毒一下，剩下的留着备用吧！ Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 24, 日常问话与选择 |
| 酒吧 | a bar / pub 供人喝酒聊天放松的地方 他们在村头的酒吧同学者交流。They chatted with the scholar at the bar by the village entrance. Lesson 303, 躬行体察与笃实研求 · 镜里乾坤与天地广厦 · Reflections, Pastoral Havens & Broad Horizons |
| 网吧 | internet café 指提供上网服务的场所 再也不去网吧消磨时间，往后每晚都读书。They no longer go to the internet café to kill time. Lesson 657, 王子故事 · 匠心开拓与博大胸襟 · Mastery, Endeavor & Broad Horizons |
Characters that share the sound part 巴
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 口
All 80 of them, and what the radical means, on the 口 radical page.