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Mythic Mandarin

不怕 (bù pà): meaning and stroke order

不怕 (bù pà) means fearless, not worried (by setbacks or difficulties), even if, even though.

不怕

Simplified
不怕
Traditional
不怕 (same form)
Pinyin
bù pà

Stroke order of 不怕

不

  • bù no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

怕

  • Pà surname Pa
  • pà to be afraid; to fear
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 不怕

  1. bù pà
    • fearless
    • not worried (by setbacks or difficulties)
    • even if
    • even though

Radicals of the characters

不
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 4 strokes · built from 丆 and 卜
怕
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 8 strokes · 忄 on the left, 白 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

不怕 in our stories

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  • 后来，“精卫填海”成了一个成语，用来形容人意志坚定，不怕困难。

    hòulái Jīngwèi tián hǎi chéng le yí gè chéngyǔ yònglái xíngróng rén yìzhì jiāndìng búpà kùnnan

    Later "Jingwei fills the sea" became an idiom describing someone of firm will who fears no hardship.

    From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 不怕

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).