HSK2

crawl, climb

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
zhǎo, zhuǎ hand, claw
Sound component
ba, bā to wish

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbae[b]ˤra climb on all fours

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart