(bǎ, ㄅㄚˇ) to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of; a handle; particle marking the following noun as a direct object; classifier for objects with handle [CE-DICT]
(bà, ㄅㄚˋ) handle [CE-DICT]
花
(はな) ดอกไม้ [LongdoJP]
(はな) (n) (1) flower; blossom; bloom; petal; (2) blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); cherry blossom; (3) (See 生け花・1) ikebana; (4) (abbr) (See 花札) Japanese playing cards; (5) beauty; (6) (usu. as 〜が花) (See 言わぬが花) (the) best; (P) [EDICT]
(そく) (n,n-suf) (1) {math} lattice; (n,n-suf,ctr) (2) counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); (3) handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows) [EDICT]
(つか) (n) (1) strut; short vertical post; (2) thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (3) (arch) (See 束・そく) handbreadth; bundle [EDICT]