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Character Decomposition
Etymology
A bird's talons
Meanings2 pronunciations
zhǎo
foot of a bird or animal
paw
claws
talons
zhuǎ
(coll.) foot of an animal or bird
(coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc
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Words with 爪 113 total
(cuisine) chicken foot凤爪fèng zhuǎpaw · claw脚爪jiǎo zhǎopawn · lackey · accomplice (in crime) · collaborator · henchman · claws and teeth爪牙zhǎo yá(animal's) claw爪子zhuǎ zicrampon冰爪bīng zhuǎsharp claw · talon利爪lì zhǎoto declaw (a cat etc) · (food preparation) to remove claws, pincer legs or similar hard tips去爪qù zhuǎ(humorous) to shake hands握爪wò zhuǎforcipules (the venomous pair of pincer-like appendages of a centipede)毒爪dú zhuǎpaws (of small animal) · foot of a utensil · stupid person爪儿zhuǎ rpaw print爪印zhǎo yìnJava (island of Indonesia)爪哇Zhǎo wā(Internet slang) mobile phone爪机zhuǎ jīXenopus (type of frog)爪蟾zhuǎ chánchicken foot鸡爪jī zhuǎMonster (energy drink)魔爪Mó zhǎo
Idioms with 爪 26 total Chain
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