爪
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Translingual
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Alternative forms
- 爫 – when used as a top radical
Han character
爪 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹中人 (HLO), four-corner 72230, composition ⿸𠂆⿰丨乀)
- Kangxi radical #87, ⽖.
Derived terms
- Appendix:Chinese radical/爪
- 𫩜, 𢁬, 抓, 沠, 𤜶, 枛, 𤣺, 𥄄, 𮄨, 𧘷, 䖣, 𧠘, 𧦐, 䝖, 𬦦, 𮠜, 釽(𬬲), 𤔗, 𩨢, 𪗢
- 𦧍, 𧠙, 坕, 𦥝, 𫵕, 𦬔, 𢦞, 𪽫, 𮃹, 𤰰, 笊, 𮍕, 𢦼, 𤰲, 𩬐
References
- KangXi: 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
Glyph origin
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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抓 | *ʔsruː, *ʔsruːʔ, *ʔsruːs |
爪 | *ʔsruːʔ |
笊 | *ʔsruːʔ, *ʔsruːs |
找 | *ʔsruːʔ |
Pictogram (象形) – a hand grabbing from above (in earlier forms from side); compare 手, 寸, 九.
Etymology 1
trad. | 爪 | |
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simp. # | 爪 | |
alternative forms | 㕚 ancient |
Pronunciation
Definitions
爪
- claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail
- (Hakka) to grab with claws
- claw-like object; foot (of an item)
- (derogatory or humorous) hand (of a person)
- (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) nail (of a person)
- a surname
Usage notes
- 爪 (zhuǎ) ― paws or claws of vertebrates, except for humans, bears, ducks, geese and swans
- 鉗/钳 (qián) ― claws of arthropods (crabs, clawed lobsters, scorpions, etc.)
- 掌 (zhǎng) ― hands, paws or claws of humans (only in compounds), bears, ducks, geese or swans
- 手 (shǒu) ― hands or hooves of humans or swine (only for culinary swine hooves)
- 蹄 (tí) ― hooves
Synonyms
- (claw):
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Classical Chinese | 爪 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 爪子 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 爪子, 爪兒 |
Taiwan | 爪子 | |
Harbin | 爪子 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 爪子 | |
Jinan | 爪子 | |
Luoyang | 爪兒 | |
Wanrong | 爪子 | |
Xi'an | 爪子, 爪爪兒 | |
Yinchuan | 爪子 | |
Xining | 爪子 | |
Ürümqi | 爪爪子, 爪子 | |
Wuhan | 爪子 | |
Chengdu | 爪爪, 爪子 | |
Guiyang | 爪爪 | |
Liuzhou | 爪 | |
Xuzhou | 爪子 | |
Yangzhou | 爪子 | |
Nanjing | 爪子 | |
Hefei | 爪子 | |
Nantong | 爪子 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 爪 |
Hong Kong | 爪 | |
Yangjiang | 爪, 腳爪 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 爪子 |
Lichuan | 爪 | |
Pingxiang | 腳爪 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 腳爪, 爪 |
Yudu | 腳爪 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 爪 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 爪 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 爪 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 爪 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 爪 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 爪 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 腳爪 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 爪爪, 爪子 |
Xinzhou | 爪子 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 跤爪, 爪 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 跤爪 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 跤爪, 爪, 爪仔 |
Quanzhou | 跤爪, 爪 | |
Zhangzhou | 跤爪, 爪 | |
Chaozhou | 爪 | |
Shantou | 爪 | |
Leizhou | 跤爪 | |
Haikou | 跤爪 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 撓, 爪 |
Wu | Shanghai | 腳爪 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 腳爪 | |
Suzhou | 腳爪 | |
Danyang | 腳爪 | |
Hangzhou | 腳爪兒 | |
Ningbo | 腳爪 | |
Wenzhou | 腳爪, 爪 | |
Jinhua | 腳鈀 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 爪子, 腳爪子 |
Loudi | 腳爪爪 | |
Shuangfeng | 爪子 |
Compounds
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Etymology 2
trad. | 爪 | |
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simp. # | 爪 | |
alternative forms | 抓 |
Pronunciation
Definitions
爪
- (Min Nan) to claw; to scratch (with one's claw or nail)
- (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) Classifier for claw or scratch mark.
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- nail, claw
Readings
- Go-on: しょう (shō)←せう (seu, historical)
- Kan-on: そう (sō)←さう (sau, historical)
- Kun: つめ (tsume, 爪, Jōyō); つま (tsuma, 爪, Jōyō †)
Etymology 1
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爪 |
つめ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese,[1] in turn from Proto-Japonic *tumay. The standalone form of tsuma below.[1] Likely derived as a fusion of tsuma + emphatic nominalizing particle い (i), similar to the phonetic development of 目 (me, from ma + i) or 神 (kami, from kamu + i).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) つめ [tsùmé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝme̞]
Noun
爪 • (tsume)
- nail; claw
Derived terms
- 鷹の爪 (taka no tsume)
Etymology 2
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爪 |
つま Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese, presumably in turn from Proto-Japonic *tuma. The root form of tsume above, generally only used in compounds. Cognate with 端 (tsuma, “edge, side of something”) and 妻 (tsuma, “wife”, original sense of “spouse”).[1]
Affix
爪 • (tsuma)
- (only in compounds) nail; claw
Derived terms
- 爪音 (tsumaoto, “the sound of a stringed instrument when plucked with a pick or plectrum; the sound of a horse's hoofbeat”)
- 爪弾く (tsumabiku, “to pluck with one's fingernail, such as a stringed instrument”)
- 爪折る (tsumaoru, “to pick or break something off with one's fingernails”)
- 爪隠, 爪隠し (tsumakakushi, “hiding one's claws; a kind of zōri grass sandal, where the front end extends and folds over the tops of the toes”)
- 爪先 (tsumasaki, “tiptoe”)
- 摘まむ (tsumamu, “to pinch; to pick at; to pick something up with the tips of one's fingers”)
- 摘む (tsumu, “to pick something up with the tips of one's fingers; to snip the tip off of something”)
- 躓く (tsumazuku, “to stumble”)
- 爪楊枝 (tsuma yōji, “a small toothpick”)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Khitan
Etymology
Distantly related with Proto-Mongolic *jaxun (“hundred”), whence Classical Mongolian ᠵᠠᠭᠤᠨ (ǰaɣun) (> Mongolian зуу (zuu) and Daur jau).
Numeral
爪 (jau)
- hundred (100)
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 爪 (MC t͡ʃˠauX). Recorded as Middle Korean 조〮 (cwó) (Yale: cwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource爪 (eumhun 손톱 조 (sontop jo))
- Hanja form? of 조 (“nail; claw”).
Compounds
- 가조 (假爪, gajo)
- 유조류 (有爪類, yujoryu)
- 유조동물 (有爪動物, yujodongmul)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
爪: Hán Nôm readings: trảo, trẩu, vuốt, trảu
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