爫

See also: 爪 and 𫜵

爫	U+722B, 爫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-722B

← 爪
[U+722A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

爬 →
[U+722C]

⺤	U+2EA4, ⺤ CJK RADICAL PAW ONE

← ⺣
[U+2EA3]

CJK Radicals Supplement

⺥ →
[U+2EA5]

爫	U+FA49, 爫 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA49

← 煮
[U+FA48]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

琢 →
[U+FA4A]

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 ⿱丿𭕄(GHTV) or ⿱丿⿲丿丶丶(JK))

Kangxi radical #87, ⽖

Derived characters

Appendix: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

Unihan data for U+FA49

Chinese

simp. and trad.		爫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǎo (zhao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau²

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

爫

radical form of 爪, called 爪字頭／爪字头 (zhǎozìtóu)

Japanese

Kanji

爫

(Hyōgai kanji)

Nail, a claw.

Readings

Kun: つめかんむり (tsumekanmuri)、つめがしら (tsumegashira)

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

𫜵

Han character

爫: Hán Nôm readings: trảo, làm

Combining form of Kangxi radical #87, ⽖