爬 (pá) — Chinese Character

爬

pá

to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up

Radical: 爪 HSK 2 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

爬 decomposes into the following components:

爪巴

Semantic component: 爪; phonetic component: 巴.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 爬.

攀爬

pān pá

爬上

pá shàng

爬升

pá shēng

爬坡

pá pō

爬墙

pá qiáng

爬山

pá shān

爬梳

pá shū

爬泳

pá yǒng

爬灰

pá huī

爬犁

pá lí

爬竿

pá gān

爬虫

pá chóng

Characters that share the radical 爪.

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