爫 zhǎo hand, claw Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 爫 is a component form of 爪, which depicts a hand or claw pointing downwards. Character Evolution Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Component uses Iconic (14) 受争采乳妥奚孚舀虢爰𠬪爭寽爯 Meaning (0 of 3 verified) 觅舜覓 Simplified (1) 争 說文解字 《說文》:“爪,也。覆手曰爪,象形。” Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical images Academia Sinica Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)