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Chinese symbol for “crawl”

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

The closest CC-CEDICT match for crawl is 爬 (pá), defined as: to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

爬 pá
to climb, to scramble; to crawl, to creep
radical 87 ⽖ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “crawl”

WordPinyinMeaning
爬行pá xíngto crawl; to creep
匍匐pú fúto crawl; to creep; to lie prostrate
爬泳pá yǒng(swimming) the crawl (front crawl stroke)
扒páto rake up; to steal
搲wǎto crawl; to climb

Related words

Other words that share a character with 爬.

WordPinyinMeaning
爬行pá xíngto crawl; to creep
爬山pá shānto go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)
攀爬pān páto climb
爬虫 (爬蟲)pá chóngreptile; (Internet) web crawler
爬升pá shēngto rise; to ascend
爬行动物 (爬行動物)pá xíng dòng wùreptile

See also: Japanese symbol for “crawl”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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