I Love Kanji這う (hau)
這う (はう, hau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to crawl; to creep”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- はう
- Romaji
- hau
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to crawl; to creep; to go on all fours · godan verb, intransitive
- to slither; to wriggle · godan verb, intransitive
- to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread; to creep · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 這う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 這う | はう hau |
| Polite (~masu) | 這います | はいます haimasu |
| Negative | 這わない | はわない hawanai |
| Polite negative | 這いません | はいません haimasen |
| Past | 這った | はった hatta |
| Polite past | 這いました | はいました haimashita |
| Negative past | 這わなかった | はわなかった hawanakatta |
| Te-form | 這って | はって hatte |
| Potential | 這える | はえる haeru |
| Passive | 這われる | はわれる hawareru |
| Causative | 這わせる | はわせる hawaseru |
| Volitional | 這おう | はおう haou |
| Imperative | 這え | はえ hae |
| Conditional (~ba) | 這えば | はえば haeba |
Kanji in 這う
Source: JMdict entry 1474200 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.