claw, nail, talon

words containing 爪

• 爪つめ nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail), claw, talon, hoof
• 爪先つまさき toes, tips of the toes, toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
• 爪痕つめあと fingernail mark, scratch
• 爪痕そうこん fingernail mark, scratch
• 鉤爪かぎづめ claw, talon
• 爪先立つまさきだち standing on tiptoes
• 爪楊枝つまようじ toothpick
• 親指おやゆびの爪つめ thumbnail
• 爪切つめきり nail clippers
• 爪つめの垢あか dirt under one's fingernails
• 爪弾つまはじき shunning, ostracism, exclusion, rejection, snub, leaving (someone) out, giving (someone) the cold shoulder
• 爪弾つまびき playing with one's fingers (a guitar, etc.)
• 爪弾つまびく to strum, to pluck the strings (of a guitar)
• 頭あたまから爪先つまさきまで from head to toe
• 爪牙そうが claws and fangs, claws and tusks
• 能のうある鷹たかは爪つめを隠かくす a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve, one shouldn't show off, the person who knows most often says least, a skilled hawk hides its talons
• 深爪ふかづめ cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick, cutting a nail too close
• 爪つめの先さきほど small amount, (to a) slight degree, wee bit
• 爪立つまだつ to stand on tiptoe
• 鷹たかの爪つめ Gamblea innovans (species of deciduous tree)
• 爪つめの垢あかを煎せんじて飲のむ to take a lesson from (someone serving as an example), to learn from someone's example, to boil the dirt under (someone's) fingernails and drink it
• 生爪なまづめ fingernail
• 爪つめとぎ claw sharpening
• 爪先立つまさきだつ to stand on tiptoes
• 鹿爪しかつめらしい formal, stiff, pompous, stern, solemn, grave
• 付つけ爪づめ artificial fingernail, fake fingernail
• 蹴爪けづめ spur (of a chicken, pheasant, etc.), cockspur, calcar
• 爪つめに火ひをともす to lead a stingy life, to scrimp and save, to pinch pennies, to light one's (finger)nails (instead of a candle)
• 爪印つめいん thumb print
• 巻まき爪づめ ingrown toenail
• 夜爪よづめ cutting one's nails at night (said to cause one to miss the deathbed of one's parents)
• 爪音つまおと clang of hoofs, sound of a koto
• 爪つめをとぐ to sharpen one's claws
• 琴爪ことづめ koto plectrum
• 爪繰つまぐる to finger, to roll between the thumb and the fingers
• 爪つめを噛かむ癖くせ habit of biting one's nails

Kanji indexed under the ⽖ radical

• 爪 ソウ claw
• 爵 シャク baron
• 爭 ソウ to dispute
• 爲 イ change
• 爫 claw radical (no. 87)
• 爫
• 爬 ハ scratch
• 爯 ショウ
• 爰 エン lead on to
• 爴 カク