爬pá
to crawl, climb. 8 strokes, radical 爪, first met in HSK 2.
Pinyin páStrokes 8Radical 爪Band HSK 2Words 2
How to write 爬
Strokes 1–4 write 爪, then strokes 5–8 write 巴.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 爬 · the stroke-order rules
What 爬 is made of
爪 (zhǎo, claws) and 巴 (bā, to desire).
爪 carries the meaning — claw — and 巴 carries the sound.
Words that use 爬
| 爬 | to crawl, climb 手脚着地慢慢往前移动 婴儿在草地上快乐地爬。The baby happily crawled on the grass. Lesson 55, 去爬山 · 追根溯源与民情物意 · Rural Agriculture, Kinship Bonds & Societal Nuances |
| 爬山 | to climb a mountain 沿着山路往上走到山顶 他们结伴爬山，终于登顶。They went climbing the mountain together and finally reached the summit. Lesson 55, 去爬山 · 追根溯源与民情物意 · Rural Agriculture, Kinship Bonds & Societal Nuances |
Characters that share the sound part 巴
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.