爪
Stroke Order
Meanings
- claw
- nail
- talon
On'yomi (音読み)
- ソウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- つめ
- つま-
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- #1893
- School Grade
- Secondary
- Radical
- 爪#87 · claw
Components
Common Words
- 爪つめNounnail (e.g. fingernail, toenail), claw, talon
- 爪切りつめきりNounnail clippers
- 爪楊枝つまようじNountoothpick
- 爪先つまさきNountoes, tips of the toes, toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
- 夜爪よづめNouncutting one's nails at night (said to cause one to miss the deathbed of one's parents)
- 小爪こづめNounlunula, half-moon (of a fingernail)
- 平爪ひらづめNounnail (e.g. fingernail, toenail)
- 扁爪ひらづめNounnail (e.g. fingernail, toenail)
Practice in Kanjiru
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