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爬 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「爪」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「爪」
On
ハは · ha
Kun
か.く・は.うka.ku · ha.u
Meaning
to scratch; to crawl

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

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

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(かめ)は爬虫(はちゅう)類(るい)に分(わ)けられる。

The turtle is classed among the reptiles.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

爬虫類爬虫類爬虫insect類kind爪nail陂an emb…怕to fea…坡embank…哈breath…玻crysta…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 爪Map of reading ハAll maps

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