爪: Claw; Nail; TalonKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ソウ)

• 抜爪ばっそうnail removal; declawing
• 抜爪術ばっそうじゅつdeclawing; onychectomy
• 有爪動物ゆうそうどうぶつvelvet worm (Onychophora)
• 爪牙そうがclaws and fangs; claws and tusks
• 爪繞そうにょうkanji "claw" radical at left

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 爪つめnail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw
• 爪先つまさきtoes; tips of the toes
• 爪切りつめきりnail clippers
• 爪楊枝つまようじtoothpick
• かぎ爪かぎづめclaw; talon
• つけ爪つけづめartificial fingernail; fake fingernail
• アフリカ爪蛙アフリカつめがえるAfrican clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)
• 付け爪つけづめartificial fingernail; fake fingernail
• 小爪こづめhalf-moon (of a fingernail)
• 小爪川獺こつめかわうそAsian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)
• 巻き爪まきづめingrown toenail
• 平爪ひらづめnail (e.g. fingernail, toenail)
• 深爪ふかづめcutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close
• 爪あとつめあとfingernail mark; scratch
• 爪だにつめだにcheyletid (any mite of the family Cheyletidae)
• 爪で拾って箕で零すつめでひろってみでこぼすpenny wise and pound foolish
• 爪とぎつめとぎclaw sharpening
• 爪に火をともすつめにひをともすto lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save
• 爪に火を灯すつめにひをともすto lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save
• 爪に火を点すつめにひをともすto lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save
• 爪の垢つめのあかdirt under one's fingernails
• 爪の垢を煎じて飲むつめのあかをせんじてのむto take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of
• 爪をとぐつめをとぐto sharpen one's claws
• 爪を噛む癖つめをかむくせhabit of biting one's nails
• 爪を研ぐつめをとぐto sharpen one's claws
• 爪クラッチつめクラッチclaw clutch
• 爪ヤスリつめヤスリnail file
• 爪付きナットつめつきナットT-nut; blind nut
• 爪付ナットつめつきナットT-nut; blind nut
• 爪先で歩くつまさきであるくto tiptoe
• 爪先上がりつまさきあがりuphill path; path or slope that becomes slowly steeper
• 爪先下がりつまさきさがりdownhill path
• 爪先立ちつまさきだちstanding on tiptoes
• 爪先立つつまさきだつto stand on tiptoes
• 爪冠つめかんむりkanji "claw" radical at top
• 爪切りばさみつめきりばさみnail scissors
• 爪切り鋏つめきりばさみnail scissors
• 爪半月つめはんげつlunula (white crescent-shaped area at the base of a nail); nail moon
• 爪印つめいんthumb print
• 爪弾きつまはじきblack sheep (of a family); ostracism
• 爪弾くつまびくto strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)
• 爪痕つめあとfingernail mark; scratch
• 爪白つまじろsilvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)
• 爪白癬つめはくせんonychomycosis; tinea unguium
• 爪皮つまかわprotective cover on a clog
• 爪研ぎつめとぎclaw sharpening
• 爪立ちつまだちstanding on tiptoes
• 爪立つつまだつto stand on tiptoe
• 爪糞つめくそdirt that gathers under nails
• 爪繰るつまぐるto finger; to roll between the thumb and the fingers

Other readings

• カギ爪かぎづめclaw; talon
• 扁爪ひらづめnail (e.g. fingernail, toenail)
• 爪やすりつめヤスリnail file
• 爪先上りつまさきあがりuphill path; path or slope that becomes slowly steeper
• 爪切つめきりnail clippers

Showing the 60 most common of 88 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 爪

• 先
• 切
• 立
• 付
• 火
• 隠
• 小
• 抜
• 有