爪繞

爪繞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
爪	繞
そう Grade: S	にょう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

爪 (sō, “claw”) +‎ 繞 (nyō, “"L"-position radical”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) そーにょー [sòónyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [so̞ːɲ̟o̞ː]

Noun

爪繞 (hiragana そうにょう, rōmaji sōnyō, historical hiragana さうねう)

1. the 爪 radical, e.g. 爬

See also

• 爪冠 (つめかんむり) (tsumekanmuri)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN