爪

爪 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “claw”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 784. It appears as a component in 19 other characters in this index.

Keyword: claw
RTK frame: 784
Strokes: 4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): つめ, つま-
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: vulture, когти, cleat
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 爪 claw

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 爪

妥 gentle
乳 milk
浮 floating
淫 lewd
将 leader
采 grab
受 accept
愛 love
瞬 wink
渓 mountain stream
稲 rice plant
穏 calm
隠 conceal
爵 baron
鶏 chicken
揺 swing
謡 noh chanting
遥 far off
爰 migrating ducks

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