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爬

爬 U+722C, 爬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-722C
← 爫
[U+722B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 爭 →
[U+722D]

Translingual

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Han character

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爬 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹人日山 (HOAU), four-corner 77231, composition ⿺爪巴)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 688, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19662
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1101, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2031, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+722C

Chinese

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trad. 爬
simp. # 爬

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (巴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
巴 *praː
芭 *praː
笆 *praː, *braːʔ
豝 *praː
鈀 *praː, *pʰraː
吧 *praː, *pʰraː
蚆 *praː, *pʰraː
疤 *praː
把 *praːʔ
爸 *praːs, *baʔ
弝 *praːs
靶 *praːs
葩 *pʰraː
舥 *pʰraː
妑 *pʰraː
帊 *pʰraːs
琶 *braː
爬 *braː
杷 *braː, *braːs, *braːs
跁 *braːʔ, *braːs
耙 *braːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *braː): semantic 爪 + phonetic 巴 (OC *praː).

Etymology

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Cognate with 匍 (OC *baː).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • pê/pêe - vernacular;
  • pâ/phâ - literary.
Rime
Character 爬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 蒲巴切
Baxter bae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bˠa/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ba/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/baɨ/
Li
Rong 		/ba/
Wang
Li 		/ba/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pá
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		paa4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 爬
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		pá
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bæ ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[b]ˁra/
English climb on all fours

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 爬
Reading # 1/1
No. 117
Phonetic
component 		巴
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		爬
Old
Chinese 		/*braː/

Definitions

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爬

  1. to crawl; to creep
    我們的寶寶剛開始會爬。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们的宝宝刚开始会爬。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen de bǎobǎo gāng kāishǐ huì pá. [Pinyin]
    Our baby is just starting to crawl.
    狗爬到汽車下藏著。 [MSC, trad.]
    狗爬到汽车下藏着。 [MSC, simp.]
    Gǒu pá dào qìchē xià cáng zhe. [Pinyin]
    The dog crept under the car to hide.
  2. to climb; to ascend; to get up
    爬山  ―  páshān  ―  to climb a mountain
    猴子爬上了樹。／猴子爬上了树。  ―  Hóuzi páshàng le shù.  ―  The monkey climbed up a tree.
    爬上張凳／爬上张凳 [Cantonese]  ―  paa4 soeng5 zoeng1 dang3 [Jyutping]  ―  to get onto a chair
  3. to scramble
  4. (Sichuanese or Internet slang, dismissal, derogatory or self-deprecatory) to leave; to get out
    給老子爬！／给老子爬！  ―  Gěi lǎozi pá!  ―  Get out of my face!

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 爬 (“to crawl”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 爬, 爬行, 匍匐
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 爬
Taiwan 爬
Singapore 爬
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 爬
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 爬
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 爬
Wuhan 爬
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 爬
Hefei 爬
Cantonese Guangzhou 躝, 爬
Hong Kong 躝, 爬
Dongguan 沿, 爬
Yangjiang 爬
Gan Nanchang 爬
Hakka Meixian 爬
Jin Taiyuan 爬
Northern Min Jian'ou 爬啦
Eastern Min Fuzhou 爬
Southern Min Xiamen 爬
Quanzhou 爬
Zhangzhou 爬
Tainan 爬
Penang (Hokkien) 爬
Singapore (Hokkien) 爬
Chaozhou 爬
Shantou 爬
Wu Shanghai 𨂝, 爬
Suzhou 爬, 𨂝
Wenzhou 爬
Xiang Changsha 爬
Shuangfeng 𱗄
Dialectal synonyms of 爬 (“to climb”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 爬
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 爬
Taiwan 爬
Singapore 爬
Cantonese Guangzhou 擒
Hong Kong 擒, 爬
Dongguan 擒
Singapore (Guangfu) 爬
Hakka Meixian 爬
Northern Min Jian'ou 爬啦
Eastern Min Fuzhou 爬
Southern Min Xiamen 𬦰
Quanzhou 𬦰
Zhangzhou 𬦰
Tainan 𬦰, 控
Penang (Hokkien) 𬦰
Singapore (Hokkien) 𬦰
Manila (Hokkien) 𬦰
Chaozhou 𬦰
Shantou 𬦰
Singapore (Teochew) 𬦰
Haikou 爬
Singapore (Hainanese) 爬
Wu Shanghai 爬

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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爬

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. to scratch
  2. to crawl; to creep

Readings

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  • Go-on: べ (be)
  • Kan-on: は (ha)
  • Kun: かく (kaku, 爬く)

Compounds

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Korean

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Hanja

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爬 • (pa) (hangeul 파)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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爬: Hán Nôm readings: ba, bò, bà, bà

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