帕

pà
#1,517 most
frequent character
to wrap, kerchief, handkerchief

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

帕 joins 巾 cloth, clothing with 白 bái, which supplies the sound. The cloth part points to its first meaning: a cloth for tying up hair. That grew to mean handkerchief, headscarf, and then to wrap.

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Homophones

怕pà
perhaps, afraid

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