Radical 87
爪 | ||
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爪 (U+722A) "claw" | ||
Pronunciations | ||
Pinyin: | zhǎo/zhuǎ | |
Bopomofo: | ㄓㄠˇ/ㄓㄨㄚˇ | |
Wade–Giles: | chao3/chua3 | |
Cantonese Yale: | jáau | |
Jyutping: | zaau2 | |
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | jiáu | |
Japanese Kana: | ソウ sō (on'yomi) つめ tsume (kun'yomi) | |
Sino-Korean: | 조 cho | |
Names | ||
Chinese name(s): | (爫) 爪字頭/爪字头 zhǎozìtóu/zhuǎzìtóu | |
Japanese name(s): | 爪/つめ tsume 爪繞/そうにょう sōnyō (爫) 爪冠/つめかんむり tsumekanmuri (爫) 爪頭/つめがしら tsumegashira (爫) ノツ冠/のつかんむり notsukanmuri | |
Hangul: | 손톱 sontop | |
Stroke order animation | ||
Radical 87 or radical claw (爪部) meaning "
In the
爪 is also the 86th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 爫 being its associated indexing component.
Evolution
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Oracle bone script character
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Bronze script character
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Large seal script character
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Small seal script character
Derived characters
Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 爪 爫Component only |
+4 | 爬 爭 |
+5 | 爮 爯 爰 |
+6 | 爱SC (=愛 -> 心) |
+8 | 爲 |
+10 | 爳 |
+11 | 爴 |
+14 | 爵 |
Variant forms
There is a design nuance between the form of 爪 in different typefaces. In mainland China standard, the starting point of the third and fourth strokes of 爪 are joined with the first stroke, while in Taiwan's Standard Form of National Characters, they are detached. This difference may apply to both printing typefaces and handwriting forms, and usually both are acceptable.
Joined | Detached |
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爪 | 爪 |
爬 | 爬 |
The upper component form 爫 also has variant forms in different regions. Traditionally, the second and fourth strokes point outwards in printing typefaces (爫) but point inwards in handwriting (爫). In mainland China's
Pointing inwards | Pointing outwards |
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爫 | 爫 |
爰 | 爰 |
Traditional handwriting Mainland China new typeface Hong Kong & Taiwan standard Japan jōyō kanji |
Traditional typefaces Mainland China old typeface Hong Kong & Taiwan old typeface Japan hyōgai kanji Korea |
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.