爫

See also: 爪, ⺤, and ⺥

Translingual

Stroke order

Glyph origin

Component form of 爪.

Usage notes

When used as the component of a character, 爫 is often written differently from 爪. The three strokes below the main line do not connect, as in 采.

Han character

爫 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹火 (HF) or 難竹火 (XHF), composition ⿱丿⺍)

1. Kangxi radical #87, ⽖

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/爪

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 688, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19655
• Dae Jaweon: page 1101, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 2030, character 2
• Unihan data for U+722B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		爫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎo (zhao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chao³
    • Yale: jǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jao
    • Palladius: чжао (čžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

Note: Only used as a component in a character.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaau²
    • Yale: jáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːu̯³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 爫

1. radical form of 爪, called 爪字头

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Japanese

Kanji

爫

(Radical)

1. Nail, a claw.

Readings

• Kun: つめかんむり (tsumekammuri), つめがしら (tsumegashira)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 爫 (làm)

1. to do; to make