Question

芭 banana S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140)巴: comma-design plantain Southern cities in Europe often have plantains for street decoration. The light filtering through these plants makes for a nice light mosaic on the streets.

Accepted Answer

バ 0 2026 (none) "A plantain is a flowering fruit that looks kind of like a banana, and of course bananas look sort of like a comma, so you might even say that they have a sort of comma-design."

Kanji	芭
Onyomi	バ
English	banana
JLPT Level	0
Jouyou Grade	S+
Frequency	2026
Components	艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 巴: comma-design
Traditional Form	(none)
Keyword	plantain
Koohii Story 1	"A plantain is a flowering fruit that looks kind of like a banana, and of course bananas look sort of like a comma, so you might even say that they have a sort of comma-design."
Koohii Story 2	Southern cities in Europe often have plantains for street decoration. The light filtering through these plants makes for a nice light mosaic on the streets.

Plantain Sort Light 芭 バ Banana S+ 艸

Plantain Sort Light 芭バ Banana S+ 艸