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爪

zhuǎ

HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

What 爪 means

1. colloquialfoot of an animal or bird
2. colloquialfoot supporting a cooking pot etc

Other readings

爪 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhǎofoot of a bird or animal; paw; claws

Example sentences

• 他用狗爪子从火里取走坚果。
  He takes the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.
• 齐里看到橡树上有一个很大的爪痕。
  Ziri saw a large claw mark on the oak tree.
• 爬树的动物, 比如猫, 长有爪子。
  Animals that climb trees, like cats, have claws.
• 9 月进行的初步体检显示，由于照料不当和围栏地面破损，导致大象的爪子开裂并过度生长，从而损伤了它的脚。
  An initial medical examination conducted in September showed the elephant’s nails had cracked and were overgrown due to improper care and an insufficient enclosure with flooring that damaged its feet.

Words starting with 爪

• 爪子zhuǎ zi(animal's) claw
• 爪哇Zhǎo wāJava (island of Indonesia)
• 爪儿zhuǎ rpaws (of small animal); foot of a utensil; stupid person
• 爪印zhǎo yìnpaw print
• 爪机zhuǎ jī(net slang) mobile phone
• 爪牙zhǎo yápawn; lackey; accomplice (in crime)
• 爪哇国Zhǎo wā guóancient state located in present-day Java 爪哇; (fig.) somewhere remote, inaccessible or…
• 爪哇岛Zhǎo wā DǎoJava (island of Indonesia)
• 爪字头zhǎo zì tóuChinese character component 爫, used in 受, 妥, 乳 etc
• 爪尖儿zhuǎ jiān rpig's trotters
• 爪哇禾雀Zhǎo wā hé què(bird species of China) Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)
• 爪哇池鹭Zhǎo wā chí lù(bird species of China) Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa)
• 爪蟾zhuǎ chánXenopus (type of frog)
• 爪哇八哥Zhǎo wā bā ge(bird species of China) Javan myna (Acridotheres javanicus)

Words containing 爪

• 张牙舞爪zhāng yá wǔ zhǎoto bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
• 鸡爪jī zhuǎchicken foot
• 魔爪mó zhǎoevil clutches; claws
• 冰爪bīng zhuǎcrampon
• 利爪lì zhǎosharp claw; talon
• 去爪qù zhuǎto declaw (a cat etc); (food preparation) to remove claws, pincer legs or similar hard…
• 握爪wò zhuǎ(humorous) to shake hands
• 毒爪dú zhuǎforcipules (the venomous pair of pincer-like appendages of a centipede)
• 脚爪jiǎo zhǎopaw; claw
• 凤爪fèng zhuǎ(cuisine) chicken foot
• 中爪哇Zhōng Zhǎo wāCentral Java, province of Indonesia
• 小胖爪xiǎo pàng zhuǎ(colloquial) hand
• 虎爪派hǔ zhuǎ pàiFu Jow Pai (Tiger Claw Style), a southern Chinese martial art emphasizing tiger-claw…
• 西爪哇Xī Zhǎo wāWest Java, province of Indonesia
• 雪泥鸿爪xuě ní hóng zhǎoa goose's footprint in the snow; vestiges of the past (idiom)…
• 鹰爪翻子拳yīng zhuǎ fān zi quánYing Zhua Fan Zi Quan - "Eagle Claw" - Martial Art
• 蟹爪兰xiè zhǎo lánholiday cactus
• 东鳞西爪dōng lín xī zhǎolit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west…
• 黄爪隼huáng zhuǎ sǔn(bird species of China) lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)
• 八爪鱼bā zhuǎ yúoctopus
• 铁爪鹀tiě zhǎo wú(bird species of China) Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
• 一鳞半爪yī lín bàn zhǎolit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); fig. only odd bits and pieces
• 飞鸿雪爪fēi hóng xuě zhǎosee 雪泥鸿爪

Characters that look like 爪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 车chēcar; vehicle; machine
• 乐lèhappy; cheerful; to laugh
• 瓜guāmelon; gourd; squash; (slang) a piece of gossip
• 禾hé(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop

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• How characters are built from components.
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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhuǎ correctly.
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