爫
zhǎo

hand, claw

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approved by Prismcool · Aug 15, 2023, 06:20 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Aug 15, 2023, 06:20 PM

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爫 is a component form of 爪, which depicts a hand or claw pointing downwards.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

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)