爬 — Chinese character
爬
pá
to climb, to scramble; to crawl, to creep
- Pinyin
- pá
- Radical
- 87 ⽖ (Claw)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 爪 巴
- Formation
- pictophonetic — claw; meaning component 爪; sound component 巴
- Japanese
- 爬 as a kanji
Common words with 爬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爬行 | pá xíng | to crawl; to creep |
| 爬山 | pá shān | to go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains) |
| 攀爬 | pān pá | to climb |
| 爬虫 (爬蟲) | pá chóng | reptile; (Internet) web crawler |
| 爬升 | pá shēng | to rise; to ascend |
| 爬行动物 (爬行動物) | pá xíng dòng wù | reptile |
| 爬虫类 (爬蟲類) | pá chóng lèi | reptiles; also written 爬行類|爬行类 |
| 爬坡 | pá pō | to climb a slope; to go uphill |
| 摸爬滚打 (摸爬滾打) | mō pá gǔn dǎ | to go through challenging experiences; to become seasoned (in one's profession etc) |
| 爬墙 (爬牆) | pá qiáng | to climb a wall; (fig.) to be unfaithful |
| 爬山虎 | pá shān hǔ | Boston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) |
| 狗爬式 | gǒu pá shì | dog paddle (swimming style); doggy style (sex position) |
English words written with 爬
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.