爪 – claw, nail, talon

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The kanji 爪 means claw, nail, talon. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ (sou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つめ、つま- (tsume, tsuma). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 爪 (no. 87).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
Kun’yomi	つめ	tsume
Kun’yomi	つま-	tsuma

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 爪 (Kangxi radical 87).

Words using 爪

爪つめnail (e.g. fingernail, toenail)

Example sentences

私は夜には決して爪を切らない。

I never cut my nails at night.

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