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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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 巴
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*praː
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| 芭
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*praː
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| 笆
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*praː, *braːʔ
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| 豝
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*praː
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| 鈀
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*praː, *pʰraː
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| 吧
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*praː, *pʰraː
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| 蚆
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*praː, *pʰraː
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| 疤
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*praː
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| 把
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*praːʔ
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| 爸
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*praːs, *baʔ
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| 弝
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*praːs
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| 靶
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*praːs
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| 葩
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*pʰraː
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| 舥
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*pʰraː
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| 妑
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*pʰraː
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| 帊
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*pʰraːs
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| 琶
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*braː
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| 爬
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*braː
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| 杷
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*braː, *braːs, *braːs
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| 跁
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*braːʔ, *braːs
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| 耙
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*braːs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *braː) : semantic 爪 + phonetic 巴 (OC *praː).
Etymology
Cognate with 匍 (OC *baː).
Pronunciation
Note:
- pê/pêe - vernacular;
- pâ/phâ - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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爬
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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pá
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ bæ ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁra/
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| English
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climb on all fours
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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爬
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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117
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Phonetic
component
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巴
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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爬
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Old
Chinese
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/*braː/
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Definitions
爬
- 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.
- 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.
- The dog crept under the car to hide.
- 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 ― to get onto a chair
- to scramble
- (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”)
Dialectal synonyms of
爬 (“to climb”)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
爬
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- to scratch
- to crawl; to creep
Readings
Compounds
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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