Memory phrase for the character: 爬

爬

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Meaning

to climb, to crawl, to get up or sit up

Pronunciation

pá

Explanation

 Left: claw 爪, right: to hope 巴 (Behind the doorknob 巴 you may hope.)

Mnemonic
 
With the claws (the bear) or a doorknob (used as a hook) you can climb up.

Radicals

爪 claw
巴 to hope, long forActually a slumped person 巴 is shown. But the explanations use it as "doorknob". This free interpretatin is based on the character: 把 (bǎ, bà), which is in combination of a hand 扌 and means: doorknob.




 Vocabulary

爬行 pá xíng  to crawl; to creep
爬行动物 pá xíng dòng wù  reptile
爬升 pá shēng  to climb (of a plane); to gain height
爬犁 pá lí  sledge
爬犁 pá lí  

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