Radical: 足 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

跋 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 跋

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 跋.

序跋
xù bá
preface and postscript
拓跋
tuò bá
branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)
跋扈
bá hù
domineering
跋杯
bá bēi
跋涉
bá shè
to trudge
跋语
bá yǔ
题跋
tí bá
short comments
拓跋魏
tuò bá wèi
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)
嚣张跋扈
xiāo zhāng bá hù
arrogant and despotic
跋前疐后
bá qián zhì hòu
see 跋胡疐尾[ba2 hu2 zhi4 wei3]
跋前踬后
bá qián zhì hòu
see 跋胡疐尾[ba2 hu2 zhi4 wei3]
跋山涉水
bá shān shè shuǐ
to travel over land and water (idiom)

Related characters (radical 足)

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