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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 7,524 6,826 3,474

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿵?

Radical:

Type:

Pictographic

Hint:

A bird's talons

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
爪子 - 8 7,172 17,355 8,852
- - 7,524 6,826 3,474
魔爪 - - 17,363 42,172 33,546
爪牙 - - 19,864 36,414 49,540
爪哇 - - 30,791 41,419 53,723
张牙舞爪 - - 30,876 39,581 31,801
脚爪 - - 53,851 87,797 62,850