ichidan verb, intransitive verb
clamber up; climb up (using hands and feet)
Describes climbing by gripping with hands and feet, often on steep or rough surfaces such as cliffs, trees, or walls. Intransitive; the thing climbed is marked with に.
子どもたちは崖によじって遊んでいた。
The children were playing, clambering up the cliff.
猫が木によじるのを見た。
I saw a cat climb up the tree.
Rare kanji spelling; the verb is almost always written in kana. The kanji 攀 is not in the Jōyō list.
Standard kana spelling for this verb.
登る is the general word for climbing or ascending, including stairs, mountains, and slopes. 攀じる specifically implies using hands and feet to grip and pull oneself up, often on a steep or rough surface.
這い上がる means to crawl or scramble up, emphasizing the crawling motion. 攀じる focuses more on gripping and pulling oneself up, often vertically.
The verb よじる is of native Japanese origin. The kanji 攀 is a Chinese character meaning 'to climb by gripping', used here as a semantic match, but the word itself is not a Sino-Japanese borrowing. The historical derivation of よじる is uncertain.