zhǎo

(ancient form of 爪) claws of birds or animals

Evolution

㕚 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
㕚 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
㕚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

zhǎo

(ancient form of ) claws of birds or animals, feet, to scratch, to claw, to grasp

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]ˤ<r>uʔ

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zhǎo

claw


Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+355A

Shuowen

“,手足甲也。从又,象形。”


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