靶 (bǎ): target, mark
靶 (bǎ) is a Chinese character meaning “target.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 革 (semantic) and 巴 (phonetic). It ranks #2850 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 靶 leather. Its radical form 革 (leather) appears in many related characters such as 鞋 (xié, shoe), 革 (gé, animal hide), 靴 (xuē, boots).
Definitions
- target
- mark
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 靶子noun | bǎ zi | target |
| 靶场noun | bǎ chǎng | shooting range |
| 打靶verb | dǎ bǎ | target shooting |
| 靶机noun | bǎ jī | target drone |
| 脱靶verb | tuō bǎ | to miss the target (when shooting) |
| 活靶子noun | huó bǎ zi | live target |
| 靶向药noun | bǎ xiàng yào | (medicine) targeted drug |
| 靶心noun | bǎ xīn | center of target |
| 抄靶子 | chāo bǎ zi | (dialect) to do a body search |
| 靶船 | bǎ chuán | target ship |
| 靶纸 | bǎ zhǐ | target sheet |
| 胸靶 | xiōng bǎ | chest silhouette (used as a target in shooting practice) |
| 箭靶noun | jiàn bǎ | archery target |
靶 appears in 13 compound words: 54 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 靶 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
学习靶字需要反复练习,才能写得工整。
xué xí bǎ zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the target character requires repeated practice to achieve neat handwriting.
黄曲霉素对人体的攻击具有明确靶向性,主要损伤肝脏。
huáng qū méi sù duì rén tǐ de gōng jī jù yǒu míng què bǎ xiàng xìng , zhǔ yāo sǔn shāng gān zāng .
Aflatoxins have a clearly defined mechanism of action in the human body, primarily damaging the liver.
据了解,近年来,针对复发或转移性鼻咽癌的免疫治疗和靶向治疗取得了重要突破。
jù le jiě , jìn nián lái , zhēn duì fù fā huò zhuǎn yí xìng bí yān ái de miǎn yì zhì liáo hé bǎ xiàng zhì liáo qǔ dé le chóng yāo tū pò .
According to reports, in recent years, significant breakthroughs have been made in immunotherapy and targeted therapy for recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
针对人类,一批被认为具有潜力的抗衰老药物靶点与候选分子也正逐渐显现。
zhēn duì rén lèi , yī pī bèi rèn wéi jù yǒu qián lì de kàng shuāi lǎo yào wù bǎ diǎn yǔ hòu xuǎn fēn zǐ yě zhèng zhú jiān xiǎn xiàn .
For humans, a number of anti-aging drug targets and candidate molecules considered to have potential are also gradually emerging.
胆固醇难降,磷虾油靶向调理,血管干净少负担
dǎn gù chún nán jiàng , 磷 xiā yóu bǎ xiàng diào lǐ , xiě guǎn gān jìng shǎo fù dān
Cholesterol is hard to lower, but krill oil targets the issue, keeping your blood vessels clean and reducing the burden on your body.
Character Family
革 Radical Family — Characters sharing the leather radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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