爪

爪 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “claw”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. It appears as a component in 9 other characters in this index.

Keyword: claw
Pinyin (Mandarin): zhǎo
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: claw, nail, talon, гвозди, когти, nail, talon
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 爪 claw

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 爪

坕坕
抓 scratch
枛枛
沠沠
爬 crawl
爮爮
爴爴
笊 ladle
釽 a farmer's hoeing fork

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