趴

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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")

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

足 meaning “foot” + 八 sound ( bā )

Components 足八

prostrate oneself · Heisig RSH #2319

wooden leg + 八 eight

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
马趴	mǎ pā	face-plant
趴体	pā tǐ	(loanword) party
趴伏	pā fú	to crouch; to lie prone
轰趴馆	hōng pā guǎn	party venue (available for hire)
趴窝	pā wō	(coll.) (of a hen) to sit in the nest to lay or hatch eggs; (fig.) (of a person) to be lai…
累趴	lèi pā	tired to the point of dropping
趴趴走	pā pā zǒu	(Tw) to wander about; to roam around freely (from Taiwanese 拋拋走, Tai-lo pr. [pha-pha-tsáu]…
淫趴	yín pā	(slang) sex party
轰趴	hōng pā	(loanword) party (social gathering); (Tw) party (typically associated with sex and drugs)
趴踢	pā ti	(loanword) party

Characters sharing the sound component 八 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
八 sound part	bā	eight; all around, all sides
办	bàn	to set up; to manage, to run; to deal with, to handle
扒	bā	to scratch, to dig up; to crouch, to crawl
叭	bā	trumpet