爪 — claw, nail, talon
つめ
爪
claw
つめ
U+722A
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #2025
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #784
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #87 · 爫
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Meanings
- claw
- nail
- talon
Readings
- On'yomi
- そう sou
- Kun'yomi
- つめ tsume つま tsuma
word
つめ tsume Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
2 wordsEach dot is a word containing 爪: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.