Entry一yī鳞lín半bàn爪zhǎolit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); fig. only odd bits and piecestrad. 一鱗半爪Also written 一鱗半爪【yī lín bàn zhǎo】 Listen Explore
一ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digitPinyinyīStrokes1Frequency158 of 2500Words starting with 一Words ending in 一Anywhere in a word
鳞ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0scales (of fish, snakes etc)PinyinlínTraditional鱗Strokes20Words starting with 鳞Words ending in 鳞Anywhere in a word
半ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0half, semi-, incomplete, (after a number) and a halfPinyinbànStrokes5Frequency2465 of 2500Words starting with 半Words ending in 半Anywhere in a word
爪ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0foot of a bird or animal, paw, claws, talonsPinyinzhǎoStrokes4Frequency18691 of 2500Words starting with 爪Words ending in 爪Anywhere in a word