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    3. 爪

    爪

    爪つめ

    claw

    KMT9Freq #2025AnimalsKanji4 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    つめつま-

    On'yomi

    ソウ

    clawnailtalon

    丿

    丿
    爪

    Stroke 0 / 4

    Speed1.0x

    瓜爬抓笊井允元勾瓜爬

    Alternative forms of this concept

    ⺤
    爫
    ⺥

    Concepts using this kanji

    爪切り

    nail clippers

    爪楊枝

    toothpick

    爪

    nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail)

    爪半月

    lunula (white crescent-shaped area at the base of a nail)

    爪先下がり

    downhill path

    爪先上がり

    uphill path

    爪先立つ

    to stand on tiptoes

    爪先立ち

    standing on tiptoes

    有爪動物

    velvet worm (Onychophora)

    爪の先ほど

    small amount

    小爪

    lunula

    爪立ち

    standing on tiptoes

    爪立つ

    to stand on tiptoe

    親指の爪

    thumbnail

    爪車

    ratchet

    爪切りばさみ

    nail scissors

    生爪

    fingernail

    爪白

    silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus)

    抜爪術

    declawing

    陥入爪

    ingrown nail

    爪に火をともす

    to lead a stingy life

    夜爪

    cutting one's nails at night (said to cause one to miss the deathbed of one's parents)

    付け爪

    artificial fingernail

    爪付きナット

    T-nut

    義爪

    plectrum

    爪音

    clang of hoofs

    深爪

    cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick

    爪印

    thumb print

    除爪

    declawing

    抜爪

    nail removal

    爪の垢

    dirt under one's fingernails

    爪甲

    nail plate

    巻き爪

    ingrown toenail

    小爪川獺

    Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)

    爪弾き

    shunning

    鹿爪らしい

    formal

    爪皮

    protective cover on a clog

    爪繰る

    to finger

    距爪

    cockspur

    糸爪

    groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument

    能ある鷹は爪を隠す

    a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve

    爪冠

    kanji "claw" radical at top

    平爪蟹

    swimming crab (Ovalipes punctatus)

    爪蛙

    African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)

    アフリカ爪蛙

    African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)

    爪とぎ

    claw sharpening

    爪クラッチ

    claw clutch

    爪ヤスリ

    nail file

    爪だに

    cheyletid (any mite of the family Cheyletidae)

    爪をとぐ

    to sharpen one's claws

    爪羽鶏

    hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

    琴爪

    koto plectrum

    爪蓮華

    rock pine (Orostachys japonica)

    爪白癬

    onychomycosis

    爪の垢を煎じて飲む

    to take a lesson from (someone serving as an example)

    爪牙

    claws and fangs

    爪で拾って箕で零す

    penny wise and pound foolish

    蹴爪陸亀

    African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)

    鷹の爪

    Gamblea innovans (species of deciduous tree)

    爪痕

    fingernail mark

    狼爪

    dewclaw

    雁爪

    claw hoe

    扁爪

    nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail)

    爪哇

    Java (Indonesian island)

    鉤爪

    claw

    蹴爪

    spur (of a chicken, pheasant, etc.)

    爪糞

    dirt that gathers under nails

    爪繞

    kanji "claw" radical at left

    爪を噛む癖

    habit of biting one's nails

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丿
    • 爪

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    • 雁爪
    • 爪
    • 爪で拾って箕で零す
    • 爪痕
    • 爪弾き
    • 爪楊枝
    • 爪立ち
    • 能ある鷹は爪を隠す
    • 爪切り
    • 爪立つ
    • 爪繰る
    • 琴爪
    • 蹴爪
    • 小爪
    • 深爪
    • 鹿爪らしい
    • 生爪
    • 爪牙
    • 爪皮
    • 爪印
    • 距爪
    • 爪音
    • 爪を噛む癖
    • 爪クラッチ
    • 爪先立つ
    • 鷹の爪
    • 爪ヤスリ
    • 有爪動物
    • 爪哇
    • 鉤爪
    • 爪車
    • 爪冠
    • 爪繞
    • 爪だに
    • 爪先立ち
    • 爪をとぐ
    • 扁爪
    • 爪の垢
    • 爪の垢を煎じて飲む
    • 巻き爪
    • 爪半月
    • 爪白
    • 爪先上がり
    • 爪先下がり
    • 小爪川獺
    • 親指の爪
    • 陥入爪
    • 爪蛙
    • アフリカ爪蛙
    • 爪に火をともす
    • 爪羽鶏
    • 爪糞
    • 付け爪
    • 糸爪
    • 爪とぎ
    • 爪白癬
    • 爪切りばさみ
    • 狼爪
    • 爪付きナット
    • 蹴爪陸亀
    • 抜爪術
    • 抜爪
    • 除爪
    • 義爪
    • 夜爪
    • 平爪蟹
    • 爪の先ほど
    • 爪甲
    • 爪蓮華

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