What is the Kanji for "Claw"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Claw", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Claw" is "爪".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Tsuma" and "Tsume".

Its onyomi reading is "Sou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "爪" mean in japanese?

"爪" means "Claw".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

爪: "Nail". The Japanese noun '爪 (つめ)' refers to the nail on the human finger or toe. Nails are made of keratin and grow from the nail root underneath the skin. They serve to protect the ends of the fingers and toes. For example: I trimmed my nails - (私の爪を切りました). Her nails were painted red - (彼女の爪は赤く塗られていました).

爪切り: "Nail clipper". 爪切り (つめきり)' refers to a nail clipper or nail cutter, a tool used to trim and cut human fingernails or toenails. Nail clippers come in various sizes and designs, and are an essential grooming item for personal hygiene. For example: I need to use the nail clipper to trim my nails - (爪を切るためにつめきりを使う必要がある).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "そ" is read as "so". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "つ" is read as "tsu". The hiragana "ま" is read as "ma". And The hiragana "め" is read as "me".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.