Entry
  1. Noun

    claw; talon

    see 扁爪

    その鋭いかぎ爪を開いては閉じ、開いては閉じ始めた。
    Its sharp claws began to open and close, open and close.

Also written カギ爪【かぎづめ】、鈎爪【かぎづめ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hook, barb, gaff, brackets

Kun
かぎ、はり、ばり
On
コウ、ク
Strokes
13
Radical
gold

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (11)
CodeReference
1-8-5SKIP code
8a5.17The Kanji Dictionary
8712.0Four corner code
9264Unicode hex code
1-78-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4841Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6250New Nelson (John Haig)
1939Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
40319Morohashi
gou1Pinyin reading
guKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

claw, nail, talon

Kun
つめ、つま-
On
ソウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2025 of 2500
Radical
claw
WaniKani
Level 34

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (20)
CodeReference
3-3-1SKIP code
0a4.9The Kanji Dictionary
7223.0Four corner code
722aUnicode hex code
1-36-62JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2822Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3509New Nelson (John Haig)
3024New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3756Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2605Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
727Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
784Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
115Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1887Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19653Morohashi
1320Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
735Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhua3, zhao3Pinyin reading
joKorean reading
34WaniKani level