爪
zhǎozhuǎ HSK7

hand, claw

爪 zhǎo frequency
claws noun
the sharp, hooked nails or talons of a bird or predatory animal

雄鹰展示了它锋利的爪。

xióng​yīng zhǎn​shì le tā fēng​lì de zhǎo.

The eagle displayed its sharp talons.

paw noun
the foot of a bird or animal

雪地上留下了野兽的爪印。

xuě​dì shàng liú​xià le yě​shòu de zhǎo yìn.

Animal paw prints were left on the snow.

爪 zhuǎ
animal foot noun
colloquial term for the foot of an animal or bird

这只鸡的爪已经洗干净了。

zhè zhī jī de zhuǎ yǐ​jīng xǐ gān​jìng le.

The chicken feet have been washed clean.

supporting foot noun
colloquial term for the foot supporting an object such as a cooking pot

这口铁锅有三个爪。

zhè kǒu tiě guō yǒu sān gè zhuǎ.

This iron pot has three legs.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)