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Kanji Detail for 匍 - "crawl"

匍

  • Meaning

    匍 means "crawl."

    1. Crawl - To creep; to lie flat.

  • Four-character idioms with 匍

    • 匍匐前進 ほふくぜんしん Listen crawling forward (on one's stomach)

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    crawl; creep

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    crawl; lie prostrate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 匍匐[pu2 fu2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to crawl; to lie prostrate

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    匍匐: To prostrate. To crawl on hands. Such as 匍匐奔喪, meaning so grief-stricken one cannot walk.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ho(ホ) ホ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hau(は-う) は-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    勹 (tsutsumigamae)

  • Related Keywords

    crawl creep lie flat

Sentences including 匍

  • "You've sprained your ankle and can't walk can you?" "No, I'm fine! I can move forward at a crawl!"

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