zhǎo

claws

How it’s built

Pictograph of an animal paw. Usually means "hand" when used as a component in other characters.

Through the ages

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 爪 as a component, most common first.

采cǎito collect 印yìnprint 爬páto climb 奚xīwhere 寅yínto respect 爰yuánto lead on to 㥯yǐncareful 亂luànanarchy 爯chēngto balance

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