4 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

claw, nail, talon

Kun'yomi
  • nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail) ②plectrum ③hook
  • つま-
On'yomi
  • ソウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Variants

Reading Commonality

つめ 78.7%
つま- 20.6%
ソウ 0.7%

Character Breakdown

claw, nail, talon
つめ つま- ソウ (11th)

Contained In

Common Words

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail) ②plectrum ③hook
spur (of a chicken, pheasant, etc.) ②fetlock
fingernail mark ②scars (e.g. of war)
dirt under one's fingernails ②shred (of decency, etc.)
artificial fingernail
cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick ②deep-set nail
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References

Unicode hex code 722A
JIS X 0208 1-36-62
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2822
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3509
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3024
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3756
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2605
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 727
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 784
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 115
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1887
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 19653
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1320
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 735
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a4.9
Four corner code 7223.0