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Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 扁額 【ヘンガク】 framed picture or motto (usu. horizontal, hung over gates or lintels)
  • 扁球 【ヘンキュウ】 oblate spheroid

Kun reading compounds

  • 平たい 【ひらたい】 flat, even, level, plain (language, words, etc.), simple

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bian3, pian1
Korean:
pyeon, byeon

Spanish

  • llano
  • simple
  • plano
  • parte izquierda de un kanji
  • cuadro alargado

Portuguese

French

1822 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3728 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
11724X Morohashi
3005 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2055 New Nelson (John Haig)
4m5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-7 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
3022.7 Four corner code
1-57-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6241 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
claw 爪 (爫)
Parts:
claw, nail, talon
Kun:
つめつま-
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2025 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 爪牙 【ソウガ】 claws and fangs, claws and tusks, clutches, devious design, means of causing harm, weapon, pawn, stooge, cat's-paw, right-hand man
  • 爪痕 【ソウコン】 fingernail mark, scratch
  • 陥入爪 【カンニュウソウ】 ingrown nail, ingrowing nail
  • 狼爪 【ロウソウ】 dewclaw

Kun reading compounds

  • 爪 【つめ】 nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail), claw, talon, hoof, plectrum, pick, hook, clasp
  • 爪切り 【つめきり】 nail clippers
  • 陥入爪 【かんにゅうそう】 ingrown nail, ingrowing nail
  • 鷹の爪 【たかのつめ】 Gamblea innovans (species of deciduous tree), extremely spicy form of chili pepper, variety of high-quality green tea

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhua3, zhao3
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • uña
  • garra
  • zarpa

Portuguese

French

  • ongle
  • griffe
  • serre
  • plectre
2822 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1887 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
115 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1320 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3756 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2605 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
735 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19653 Morohashi
3024 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3509 New Nelson (John Haig)
727 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
784 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
0a4.9 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-1 SKIP code
7223.0 Four corner code
1-36-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
722a Unicode hex code