爪
zhǎozhuǎ HSK7

hand, claw

爪 zhǎo frequency
claw noun
The foot of a bird or animal; also refers to claws or talons (pronounced 爪 zhuǎ in colloquial contexts for certain animals)

它那巨大的钩状爪是极其危险的。

tā nà jù​dà de gōu zhuàng zhǎo shì jí​qí wēi​xiǎn de.

Its huge hooked claws are extremely dangerous.

surname
a Chinese surname
radical
the 87th Kangxi radical, also written as 爫 zhǎo
爪 zhuǎ
foot
(colloquial) A supporting foot or leg on certain objects, such as a cooking pot or a dish.

Cross-References

Synonym

Has erhua variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,363rd most common 22.8 per million
Movie subtitles
2,297th most common 12.0 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.96 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
14.3 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+722A

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)