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

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

Note:
  • pê/pêe - vernacular;
  • pâ/phâ - literary.
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
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
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 𨂝, 爬
Suzhou 爬, 𨂝
Wenzhou 爬
Xiang Changsha 爬
Shuangfeng 𱗄
Dialectal synonyms of 爬 (“to climb”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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
Min Bei Jian'ou 爬啦
Min Dong Fuzhou 爬
Min Nan 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
Wu Shanghai 爬

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 (pá gézi)
  • 爬梳
  • 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

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

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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