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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- pa2
- English meanings
- swarm, creep, shin, grabble, crawl, climb, go up, trail, climb up, mount, clamber, scramble
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Enclosed from the lower left structure
Enclosed from the lower left arrangement: outside 爪; inside 巴.
Meaning & sound clues
爪 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “claw”.
巴 is identified as the sound component (bā). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 爬.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
crack; smack
handkerchief
funk
to lie on one's stomach
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 爬山
- 连滚带爬