漢字道KANJIDO

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Kun
か.く・は.う
Meaning
to scratch; to crawl

Origin

ORIGIN

Claw 爪 with 巴 as phonetic: to scratch with the nails, and to crawl.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 爬虫類はちゅうるい

    reptiles

  • 掻爬そうは

    curettage

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

亀は爬虫類に分けられる。

The turtle is classed among the reptiles.

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