Radical 87
Radical 87 meaning "claw", "nail" or "talon" is 1 of 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 4 strokes.
| 爪 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 爪 (U+722A) "claw" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | zhǎo | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄓㄠˇ | |
| Wade–Giles: | chao3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | jáau | |
| Jyutping: | zaau2 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | jiáu | |
| Japanese Kana: | ソ－, つめ sō, tsume | |
| Sino-Korean: | 조 cho | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 爪 tsume | |
| Hangul: | 손톱 sontop | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 36 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
Characters with Radical 87
Bronze script character
Small Seal Script character
| strokes | character |
|---|---|
| without additional strokes | 爪 爫 |
| 4 additional strokes | 爬 爭 |
| 5 additional strokes | 爮 爯 爰 |
| 6 additional strokes | 爱 |
| 8 additional strokes | 爲 |
| 10 additional strokes | 爳 |
| 11 additional strokes | 爴 |
| 14 additional strokes | 爵 |
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
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