爬
to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,012 U+722C
How 爬 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
爪 (semantic, “claw”) + 巴 (phonetic, bā)
How to remember it
crawl · Heisig RSH #2727
爪 claw + mosaic
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 巴
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 巴 (bā) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴 sound component | bā | to desire, to wish for |
| 把 | bǎ | to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle |
| 肥 | féi | fat, plump, obese; fertile |
| 吧 | ba | emphatic final particle |
| 芭 | bā | a plantain or banana palm |
| 爸 | bà | father, papa |
| 靶 | bǎ | target, mark |
| 耙 | pá | to rake |
| 疤 | bā | scar, cicatrix; birthmark |
| 琶 | pá | a guitar-like instrument (2) |
| 笆 | bā | bamboo fence |
| 杷 | bà | loquat tree; axe handle |
| 粑 | bā | tsamba, flat rice cake |
| 钯 | bǎ | palladium |
| 鲃 | bā | shark; bonito |
| 岜 | bā | rocky mountain |
Words containing 爬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人往高处爬，水往低处流 | rén wǎng gāo chù pá , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú | see 人往高處走，水往低處流|人往高处走，水往低处流[ren2 wang3 gao1 chu4 zou3 , shui3 wang3 di1 chu4 liu2] |
| 爬行动物 | pá xíng dòng wù | reptile |
| 吃里爬外 | chī lǐ pá wài | variant of 吃裡扒外|吃里扒外[chi1 li3 pa2 wai4] |
| 爬虫动物 | pá chóng dòng wù | reptile |
| 爬格子 | pá gé zi | (oral) to write (esp. for a living); to spell out laboriously on squared paper |
| 草爬子 | cǎo pá zi | tick (zoology) |
| 爬山虎 | pá shān hǔ | Boston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) |
| 爬行类 | pá xíng lèi | reptiles; also written 爬行動物|爬行动物 |
| 爬山涉水 | pá shān shè shuǐ | to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey |
| 狗爬式 | gǒu pá shì | dog paddle (swimming style); doggy style (sex position) |
| 爬虫类 | pá chóng lèi | reptiles; also written 爬行類|爬行类 |
| 连滚带爬 | lián gǔn dài pá | (idiom) stumbling and crawling; scrambling; frantically trying to escape |
| 爬山 | pá shān | to go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains) |
| 爬行 | pá xíng | to crawl; to creep |
| 爬上 | pá shàng | to climb up |
| 虾爬子 | xiā pá zi | mantis shrimp |
| 爬虫 | pá chóng | reptile; (Internet) web crawler |
| 摸爬滚打 | mō pá gǔn dǎ | to go through challenging experiences; to become seasoned (in one's profession etc) |
| 爬灰 | pá huī | variant of 扒灰[pa2 hui1] |
| 爬升 | pá shēng | to rise; to ascend; to climb (airplane etc); to go up (sales figures etc); to gain promoti… |