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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bo
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ba²

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phà
  - Hakka Romanization System: pa^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pa²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰa¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pa²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰa¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: pa¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰa¹¹/
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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶bo
  - MiniDict: bo^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bo
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bo²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ba²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa̠¹³/

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/
Bernhard 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
Old Chinese	/*braː/

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. [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.
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
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”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	爬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	爬
Jianghuai Mandarin	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
Xiang	Shuangfeng	𱗄

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

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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 (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

(Hyōgai kanji)

to scratch
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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