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爪

zhǎo

zhǎo

  1. foot of a bird or animal
  2. paw
  3. claws
  4. talons

zhuǎ · zaau2 (Jyutping)

  1. (coll.) foot of an animal or bird
  2. (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

爪

Meaning
claw, nail, talon; animal feet
Radical
爪
Strokes
4
Components
⿵?丨
Cangjie
HLO
Four-corner
7223.0

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.