爪
ソウ, つめ, つま

claw, nail, talon

JLPT0 G7 S4 F2025

A depiction of fingers curled about an object such as fruit in picking, plucking or pinching it. Although 爪 originally referred to picking up/at with the fingers, it eventually came to refer to the *nails* → *claw*; *scratch (at)*.

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