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U+722A, 爪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-722A

[U+7229]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+722B]
U+2F56, ⽖
KANGXI RADICAL CLAW

[U+2F55]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F57]
U+2EA5, ⺥
CJK RADICAL PAW TWO

[U+2EA4]
CJK Radicals Supplement
[U+2EA6]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Alternative forms

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  • – when used as a top radical

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 87, +0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹中人 (HLO), four-corner 72230, composition 𠂆)

  1. Kangxi radical #87, .

Derived terms

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 688, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19653
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1101, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2030, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+722A

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       

Pictogram (象形) – a hand grabbing from above (in earlier forms from side); compare , , . Even if it can indicate a claw, actually the pictogram depicts a human hand.

Etymology 1

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms ancient

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • zhuǎ - “claw; claw-like object”.
Note:
  • liáu/niáu/jiáu - vernacular (“claw; nail; ”);
  • chiáu - vernacular;
  • cháu - literary.
Note:
  • riao2 - Shantou;
  • riou2 - Chaozhou.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (18)
Final () (90)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter tsraewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃˠauX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂᵚauX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃauX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂaɨwX/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃauX/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃauX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂauX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zaau2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhǎo
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsræwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ts]ˁ<r>uʔ/
English claw

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17658
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsruːʔ/

Definitions

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  1. claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail
  2. (Hakka) to grab with claws
  3. claw-like object; foot (of an item)
  4. (derogatory or humorous) hand (of a person)
  5. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) nail (of a person)
  6. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) bamboo rake or harrow
  7. a surname
Usage notes
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  • (zhuǎ) ― paws or claws of vertebrates, except for humans, bears, ducks, geese and swans
  • (qián) ― claws of arthropods (crabs, clawed lobsters, scorpions, etc.)
  • (zhǎng) ― hands, paws or claws of humans (only in compounds), bears, ducks, geese or swans
  • (shǒu) ― hands or hooves of humans or swine (only for culinary swine hooves)
  • () ― hooves
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 2

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trad.
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alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Southern Min) to claw; to scratch (with one's claw or nail)
  2. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) Classifier for claw or scratch mark.

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

  1. nail, claw

Readings

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Etymology 1

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
Kanji in this term
つめ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese,[1] in turn from Proto-Japonic *tumay. The standalone form of tsuma below.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(つめ) (tsume

  1. nail; claw
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
つま
Grade: S
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. The root form of tsume above, generally only used in compounds. Cognate with (tsuma, edge, side of something) and (tsuma, wife, original sense of “spouse).[1]

Affix

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(つま) (tsuma

  1. (only in compounds) nail; claw
Derived terms
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Khitan

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Etymology

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Distantly related with Proto-Mongolic *ǰaxun (hundred), whence Classical Mongolian ᠵᠠᠭᠤᠨ (ǰaɣun) (> Mongolian зуу (zuu) and Daur jau).

Numeral

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(jau)

  1. hundred (100)

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC tsraewX). Recorded as Middle Korean 조〮 (cwó) (Yale: cwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 손톱 (sontop jo))

  1. hanja form? of (nail; claw)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: trảo, trẩu, vuốt, trảu

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