Shuowen component 519: 巴
About this component
Component: 巴
Seal font (Chongxi): 巴
Mandarin: bā
Sino-Vietnamese: ba
Japanese: ハ (ha) ; ヘ (he) ; ともえ (tomoe)
Korean: PHA / 파
Unihan definition: greatly desire, anxiously hope
Variants: —
Shuowen entry
蟲也。或曰食象蛇。象形。凡巴之屬皆从巴。