Read Edit View history Discussion 爪 zhǎozhuǎ HSK7 hand, claw Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a hand or claw pointing downwards. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhǎo ×zhuǎ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 爪 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 692, 737 ], [ 618, 748 ], [ 509, 679 ], [ 404, 631 ], [ 371, 622 ], [ 368, 613 ] ], [ [ 276, 629 ], [ 313, 604 ], [ 321, 579 ], [ 317, 415 ], [ 290, 298 ], [ 257, 224 ], [ 210, 156 ], [ 156, 103 ], [ 97, 63 ] ], [ [ 453, 632 ], [ 485, 605 ], [ 484, 288 ], [ 473, 51 ], [ 488, -40 ] ], [ [ 515, 567 ], [ 522, 565 ], [ 525, 553 ], [ 565, 507 ], [ 634, 381 ], [ 687, 300 ], [ 771, 201 ], [ 811, 169 ], [ 978, 119 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 365 604 Q 396 614 447 632 L 481 644 Q 542 668 592 693 Q 640 714 681 722 Q 700 723 704 732 Q 708 744 694 755 Q 672 771 624 789 Q 608 798 594 796 Q 585 792 585 780 Q 585 735 353 623 C 326 610 336 595 365 604 Z", "M 353 623 Q 353 624 352 624 Q 297 655 270 642 Q 257 635 265 620 Q 307 563 286 392 Q 283 376 280 358 Q 238 187 122 98 Q 109 83 93 69 Q 80 57 94 56 Q 109 57 144 77 Q 201 111 240 161 Q 279 203 310 279 Q 341 399 344 409 Q 344 560 365 602 Q 365 603 365 604 C 369 615 369 615 353 623 Z", "M 447 632 Q 469 596 462 338 Q 455 116 437 72 Q 425 14 481 -44 Q 481 -45 484 -47 Q 497 -48 502 -34 Q 515 0 511 32 Q 499 420 511 547 L 513 574 Q 516 617 512 621 Q 496 634 481 644 C 457 661 437 660 447 632 Z", "M 511 547 Q 550 508 621 362 Q 664 275 755 155 Q 782 121 833 119 Q 968 110 980 112 Q 990 119 978 130 Q 963 143 834 209 Q 711 273 574 525 Q 559 558 516 574 Q 515 574 513 574 C 485 584 491 570 511 547 Z" ] } 4 strokes 爪 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 589, 788 ], [ 637, 729 ], [ 355, 614 ] ], [ [ 267, 636 ], [ 324, 591 ], [ 298, 328 ], [ 220, 175 ], [ 97, 65 ] ], [ [ 453, 601 ], [ 486, 550 ], [ 482, -43 ] ], [ [ 565, 602 ], [ 606, 554 ], [ 769, 202 ], [ 818, 165 ], [ 979, 120 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M365,604C462,641 579,693 681,720C704,727 710,743 694,755C679,767 647,781 624,789C607,796 581,801 581,778C580,749 507,698 353,623C346,620 358,601 365,604Z", "M353,623C328,642 288,651 270,642C261,638 258,630 265,620C292,582 303,506 286,392C268,280 197,162 122,98C66,52 89,45 144,77C259,147 327,287 344,409C353,474 358,576 365,604C366,611 359,619 353,623Z", "M447,592C460,568 467,510 462,338C457,190 446,103 437,72C426,35 442,-4 479,-44C486,-52 494,-48 502,-34C512,-12 511,12 511,32C507,200 505,377 513,534C514,564 514,575 512,581C507,595 492,600 481,604C444,617 442,601 447,592Z", "M563,581C584,559 604,518 657,362C681,289 713,205 749,155C765,132 798,121 833,119C922,114 972,109 980,112C987,116 985,123 978,130C967,139 918,165 834,209C750,252 712,369 626,559C616,580 587,616 565,608C553,605 556,588 563,581Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.