爬

爬

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

trad.		爬
simp. #		爬

Glyph origin

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, OC *braː) : semantic 爪 + phonetic 巴 (OC *praː).

Etymology

Cognate with 匍 (OC *baː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): pá (pa²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): pa²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): pa²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phà

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pa²

• Jin (Wiktionary): pa¹
• Min Dong (BUC): bà̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pê / pêe / pâ / phâ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bê⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): bo (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): ba²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pá
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pá
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa²
    • Yale: pá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: par
    • Palladius: па (pa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: pa²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰa²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa⁴
    • Yale: pàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pa²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰa²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phà
    • Hakka Romanization System: paˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pa²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰa¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pa²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰa¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: pa¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰxa¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bà̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pê
    • Tâi-lô: pê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore): /pe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêe
    • Tâi-lô: pêe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâ
    • Tâi-lô: pâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pa²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phâ
    • Tâi-lô: phâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰa²⁴/

Note:

• pê/pêe - vernacular;
• pâ/phâ - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: bo (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥o²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ba²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa̠¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /bˠa/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ba/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨ/
Li Rong	/ba/
Wang Li	/ba/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	paa4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤra/

  (Zhengzhang): /*braː/

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

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, 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

Dialectal synonyms of 爬 (“to crawl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		爬, 爬行, 匍匐
Mandarin	Beijing	爬
	Taiwan	爬
	Jinan	爬
	Xi'an	爬
	Wuhan	爬
	Chengdu	爬
	Yangzhou	爬
	Hefei	爬
	Singapore	爬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	躝, 爬
	Hong Kong	躝, 爬
	Dongguan	沿, 爬
	Yangjiang	爬
Gan	Nanchang	爬
Hakka	Meixian	爬
Jin	Taiyuan	爬
Min Bei	Jian'ou	爬啦
Min Dong	Fuzhou	爬
Min Nan	Xiamen	爬
	Quanzhou	爬
	Zhangzhou	爬
	Tainan	爬
	Penang (Hokkien)	爬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	爬
	Chaozhou	爬
	Shantou	爬
Wu	Shanghai	爬, 𨂝
	Suzhou	爬, 𨂝
	Wenzhou	爬
Xiang	Changsha	爬
	Shuangfeng	𱗄

Dialectal synonyms of 爬 (“to climb”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		爬
Mandarin	Beijing	爬
	Taiwan	爬
	Jinan	爬
	Xi'an	爬
	Wuhan	爬
	Chengdu	爬
	Yangzhou	爬
	Hefei	爬
	Singapore	爬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擒, 爬, 躝
	Hong Kong	擒, 爬
	Dongguan	擒
	Singapore (Guangfu)	爬
Gan	Nanchang	爬
Hakka	Meixian	爬
Jin	Taiyuan	爬
Min Bei	Jian'ou	爬啦
Min Dong	Fuzhou	爬
Min Nan	Xiamen	𬦰, 爬
	Quanzhou	𬦰
	Zhangzhou	𬦰
	Tainan	𬦰, 控
	Penang (Hokkien)	𬦰
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𬦰
	Manila (Hokkien)	𬦰
	Chaozhou	𬦰, 擘, 爬
	Shantou	𬦰
	Singapore (Teochew)	𬦰
	Haikou	爬
Wu	Suzhou	爬, 𨂝
	Wenzhou	爬
Xiang	Changsha	爬
	Shuangfeng	𱗄

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滾／滚 (gǔn) 滾出去／滚出去 (gǔn chūqu) 滾犢子／滚犊子 (gǔn dúzi) (dialectal)

滾蛋／滚蛋 (gǔndàn) 滾開／滚开 (gǔnkāi) 行開／行开 (Cantonese, Hakka)

走開／走开 (zǒukāi) 躝／𨅬 (lán) (Cantonese)

Compounds

仰爬 叉爬子 搔背爬 攀爬 (pānpá) 爬上爬下 爬下 爬出 爬坡 (pápō) 爬孤棚 爬山 (páshān) 爬山虎 (páshānhǔ) 爬拉 爬推 爬格子 爬梳

爬梳剔抉 爬沙 爬泳 (páyǒng) 爬灰 爬犁 (pálí) 爬竿 爬耳搔腮 爬船 爬行 (páxíng) 爬蹉 跪爬 爬升 吃裡爬外／吃里爬外 櫛垢爬癢／栉垢爬痒 爬山調／爬山调

爬樓／爬楼 (pálóu) 爬樹／爬树 (páshù) 爬櫛／爬栉 爬牆虎／爬墙虎 爬癢／爬痒 爬羅／爬罗 爬羅剔抉／爬罗剔抉 爬蟲／爬虫 (páchóng) 爬行動物／爬行动物 (páxíng dòngwù) 爬高枝兒／爬高枝儿 繃爬吊拷／绷爬吊拷 連爬帶滾／连爬带滚 連跌帶爬／连跌带爬 順竿兒爬／顺竿儿爬

References

• “爬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

爬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to scratch
2. to crawl; to creep

Readings

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

Compounds

• 爬(は)行(こう) (hakō)
• 爬(は)掻(そう)／爬(は)搔(そう) (hasō)
• 爬(は)虫(ちゅう) (hachū)
• 爬(は)虫(ちゅう)類(るい) (hachūrui)
• 爬(は)痒(よう) (hayō)
• 爬(は)羅(ら) (hara)
• 掻(そう)爬(は)／搔(そう)爬(は) (sōha)

 

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Korean

Hanja

爬 • (pa) (hangeul 파)

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Vietnamese

Han character

爬: Hán Nôm readings: ba, bò, bà, bà

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