Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji

爪: claw, nail

Also: talon

N1 (our estimate)4 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
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Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Two readings, and the words that use each

つめtsume · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 爪つめnail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; talon
  • 爪切りつめきりnail clippers

つま-tsuma- · kun'yomi

  • 爪楊枝つまようじtoothpick
  • 爪先つまさきtoes; tips of the toes

Also read ソウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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丿

Also built on diagonal sweeping stroke (丿)

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Also read ソウ

56 kanji share this on'yomiAll 56
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhǎo

Same form: 爪 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
爪 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
爪 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhǎo most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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