rule by might rather than right

Evolution

覇 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
覇 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
覇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
覇 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Definitions

 

rule by might rather than right

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variant of [bà]

Most common words with 覇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

争霸

a power struggle

hegemon

霸气

imperious

霸王

hegemon

霸道

abbr. for 霸王之道

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.4392% of movies

1913th most common character in movies

1838th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Unicode

U+8987

Shuowen

“霸,月始生霸然也,承大月二日,承小月三日。从月,聲。《周書》曰:‘哉生霸。’,古文霸。”


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