Kanji

這

crawl, creep, grovel, trail (vines)

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

⻌部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

シャ, ゲン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

はう, はい, むかえる, この

Example sentences

這う はう
赤ん坊が床の上を元気に這っている。

The baby is crawling energetically on the floor.

這い上がる はいあがる
どん底の状態から這い上がるのは容易ではない。

It is not easy to crawl up from rock bottom.

底辺 ていへん
彼は社会の底辺から這い上がって、今の地位を築いた。

He rose from the bottom of society and built his current position.

四つん這い よつんばい
彼は床に落ちた鍵を四つん這いで探した。

He got down on all fours and searched the floor for the fallen key.

這いずる はいずる
戦場から這いずるようにして逃げ出した。

He crawled out of the battlefield.

這い出る はいでる
雨上がりに、庭の土から虫が這い出た。

After the rain stopped, an insect crawled out of the garden soil.

這い回る はいまわる
赤ちゃんが部屋中を這い回っている。

The baby is crawling all over the room.

守宮 やもり
夜になると、守宮が壁を這い回る。

At night, geckos crawl on the walls.

Example Vocabulary

這う

はう

to crawl; to creep

這い上がる

はいあがる

to crawl up; to pull oneself up (from a bad situation)

四つん這い

よつんばい

being on all fours; hands-and-knees posture

這いずる

はいずる

to crawl; to grovel

這い出る

はいでる

to crawl out; to creep out

這い出す

はいだす

這い回る

はいまわる

to crawl around; to creep about

這いつくばう

はいつくばう

這いつくばる

はいつくばる

夜這い

よばい

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