How to say 'Crawl' in Japanese | はう

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The Japanese word for Crawl is 'Hau', written as はう in Japanese.

word

はう

Meaning

Crawl

Reading

Hau

Explanation

The Japanese verb 'はう (hau)' means 'to crawl'. This verb is used to describe the movement of creatures, such as babies or animals, moving on their hands and knees or dragging their bodies along the ground. It can also be used metaphorically to describe something moving slowly or creeping along. For example: the baby is crawling「赤ちゃんがはっている」(あかちゃんがはっている). The snake crawled across the ground「蛇が地面をはった」(へびがじめんをはった). Note that 'はう' is often written in hiragana, but it can also be written with the kanji '這う'.

Part Of Speech

verb

Frequency

5330

Composition

hiragana

Handwriting

This word is a godan verb. To learn how it transforms in different tenses and forms, explore all its conjugations.

Hiragana in the Word はう

This word contains 2 Hiragana characters :

hiragana

は

Reading

hiragana

う

Reading

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'Hau' means 'Crawl' .

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