| 4841 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1939 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 40319 | Morohashi |
| 6250 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鉤状 【コウジョウ】 hooklike, hook-shaped, unciform
- 鉤虫 【コウチュウ】 hookworm
- 符鉤 【フコウ】 tail (of a note)
Kun reading compounds
- 鉤 【かぎ】 hook, hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
- かぎ括弧 【かぎかっこ】 square bracket, Japanese-style quotation marks
- 自在鉤 【じざいかぎ】 pothook (for hanging a pot, etc. over a fire)
- ひっかけ鉤 【ひっかけかぎ】 grappling hook, grappling iron
- 針 【はり】 needle, pin, hook, stinger, thorn, hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer, staple (for a stapler), needlework, sewing, malice, counter for stitches
- 鉤素 【はりす】 snell (fishing), leader, trace, cast
- 蚊針 【かばり】 fishing fly
- 毛鉤 【けばり】 (artificial) fly, fly lure
Readings
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 8a5.17 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-5 | SKIP code |
| 8712.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-78-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9264 | Unicode hex code |
爪
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2025 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- 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 |