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 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

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

Etymology

Cognate with 匍 (OC *baː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): pá (pa²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pa²

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

  (Sixian, PFS): phà

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pa²

• Jin (Wiktionary): pa¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): bà̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pê / pêe / pâ / phâ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bê⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶bo
• Xiang (Changsha, 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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bà̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶bo
    • MiniDict: bo^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bo²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ba²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa̠¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: bae

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/
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, 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

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
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 edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		爬
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

• 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 (haang⁴ hoi¹) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 走開／走开 (zǒukāi)
• 躝／𨅬 (Cantonese)

 

Compounds

• 仰爬
• 叉爬子
• 吃裡爬外／吃里爬外 (chīlǐpáwài)
• 搔背爬
• 攀爬 (pānpá)
• 櫛垢爬癢／栉垢爬痒
• 爬下
• 爬上爬下
• 爬出
• 爬升 (páshēng)
• 爬坡 (pápō)
• 爬孤棚
• 爬山 (páshān)
• 爬山虎 (páshānhǔ)
• 爬山調／爬山调
• 爬拉
• 爬推
• 爬格子 (pá gézi)
• 爬梳
• 爬梳剔抉
• 爬樓／爬楼 (pálóu)
• 爬樹／爬树 (páshù)
• 爬櫛／爬栉
• 爬沙
• 爬泳 (páyǒng)
• 爬灰
• 爬牆虎／爬墙虎
• 爬犁 (pálí)
• 爬癢／爬痒
• 爬竿
• 爬羅／爬罗
• 爬羅剔抉／爬罗剔抉
• 爬耳搔腮
• 爬船
• 爬蟲／爬虫 (páchóng)
• 爬行 (páxíng)
• 爬行動物／爬行动物 (páxíng dòngwù)
• 爬蹉
• 爬高枝兒／爬高枝儿
• 繃爬吊拷／绷爬吊拷
• 跪爬
• 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)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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)

 

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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