爪 - zhuǎ - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 3 - Medium
4 strokes
Traditional (switch to Simplified)

爪

zhuǎ

Definition

claw
paw
meaning component (hand variant - action of the hand)
radical (Kang Xi 87)
talon
nail
animal feet

爪 can also be pronounced zhǎo. Good to know when your friends are bargaining for a bag of chicken feet.

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

抓

zhuā

to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch; to grasp

爬

pá

to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up

笊

zhào

loosely woven bamboo ladle

Related words (12)

爪兒

zhuǎ r

paws (of small animal); same as 爪子; legs of furniture or apparatus; stupid person

(animal's) claw

(Internet slang) mobile phone

pig's trotters

crampon

the sting (of scorpion etc)

claw

chicken claw(s); chicken feet

octopus

holiday cactus

(bird species of China) lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)

飛鴻雪爪

fēi hóng xuě zhuǎ

see 雪泥鴻爪

Idioms (1)

一鱗半爪

yī lín bàn zhuǎ

(lit.) one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces

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