Keyword
to lean forward
- prone
- lying down
- leaning over
- Frequency
- #3315
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
pā
Mnemonic
足 (foot) gives the meaning and 八 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
趴
to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent (from Japanese "pā", short for "pāsento")
趴窝
(coll.) (of a hen) to sit in the nest to lay or hatch eggs; (fig.) (of a person) to be laid up from illness or exhaustion; (fig.) (of a machine, vehicle etc) to break down; to be out of commission
趴伏
to crouch; to lie prone