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Making Chinese characters memorable

爬

ㄆㄚ ˊ

pá

climb
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Break characters down into their components to see semantic and phonetic hints

  • 爬
    ㄆㄚ ˊ

    pá

    climb

    • 爪
      ㄓㄠ ˇ

      zhǎo

      claw

    • 巴
      ㄅㄚ

      bā

      ba

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the cat WISHED TO eat the rat as it CRAWLED foward with its CLAWS extended, later it CLINGED TO the sofa as it climbED up
by trevor

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