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U+722A, 爪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-722A

[U+7229]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+722B]
U+2F56, ⽖
KANGXI RADICAL CLAW

[U+2F55]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F57]
U+2EA5, ⺥
CJK RADICAL PAW TWO

[U+2EA4]
CJK Radicals Supplement
[U+2EA6]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Alternative forms edit

  • – when used as a top radical

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 87, +0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹中人 (HLO), four-corner 72230, composition 𠂆)

  1. Kangxi radical #87, .

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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 edit

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       

Pictogram (象形) – a hand grabbing from above (in earlier forms from side); compare , , .

Etymology 1 edit

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms ancient

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • zhuǎ - “claw; claw-like object”.
  • Cantonese
  • Hakka
  • Jin
  • Southern Min
  • Note:
    • cháu - literary;
    • chiáu/liáu/niáu/jiáu - vernacular.
    Note:
    • riao2 - Shantou;
    • riou2 - Chaozhou.
  • Wu

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (18)
    Final () (90)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () II
    Fanqie
    Baxter tsraewX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /t͡ʃˠauX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ʈ͡ʂᵚauX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /t͡ʃauX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ʈ͡ʂaɨwX/
    Li
    Rong
    /t͡ʃauX/
    Wang
    Li
    /t͡ʃauX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ʈ͡ʂauX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    zhǎo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    zaau2
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    zhǎo
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ tsræwX ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*[ts]ˁ<r>uʔ/
    English claw

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 17658
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ʔsruːʔ/

    Definitions edit

    1. claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail
    2. (Hakka) to grab with claws
    3. claw-like object; foot (of an item)
    4. (derogatory or humorous) hand (of a person)
    5. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) nail (of a person)
    6. a surname
    Usage notes edit
    • (zhuǎ) ― paws or claws of vertebrates, except for humans, bears, ducks, geese and swans
    • (qián) ― claws of arthropods (crabs, clawed lobsters, scorpions, etc.)
    • (zhǎng) ― hands, paws or claws of humans (only in compounds), bears, ducks, geese or swans
    • (shǒu) ― hands or hooves of humans or swine (only for culinary swine hooves)
    • () ― hooves
    Synonyms edit
    • (claw):

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 2 edit

    trad.
    simp. #
    alternative forms

    Pronunciation edit

    Definitions edit

    1. (Southern Min) to claw; to scratch (with one's claw or nail)
    2. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) Classifier for claw or scratch mark.

    Compounds edit

    References edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. nail, claw

    Readings edit

    Etymology 1 edit

     
    Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia ja
    Kanji in this term
    つめ
    Grade: S
    kun’yomi

    From Old Japanese,[1] in turn from Proto-Japonic *tumay. The standalone form of tsuma below.[1]

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (つめ) (tsume

    1. nail; claw
    Derived terms edit

    Etymology 2 edit

    Kanji in this term
    つま
    Grade: S
    kun’yomi

    From Old Japanese. The root form of tsume above, generally only used in compounds. Cognate with (tsuma, edge, side of something) and (tsuma, wife, original sense of “spouse).[1]

    Affix edit

    (つま) (tsuma

    1. (only in compounds) nail; claw
    Derived terms edit

    References edit

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Khitan edit

    Etymology edit

    Distantly related with Proto-Mongolic *jaxun (hundred), whence Classical Mongolian ᠵᠠᠭᠤᠨ (ǰaɣun) (> Mongolian зуу (zuu) and Daur jau).

    Numeral edit

    (jau)

    1. hundred (100)

    Korean edit

    Etymology edit

    From Middle Chinese (MC tsraewX). Recorded as Middle Korean 조〮 (cwó) (Yale: cwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Hanja edit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun 손톱 (sontop jo))

    1. Hanja form? of (nail; claw).

    Compounds edit

    References edit

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: trảo, trẩu, vuốt, trảu

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