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zhuǎ

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zhuǎ
  1. 1.(coll.) foot of an animal or bird
  2. 2.(coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc
zhǎo
  1. 1.foot of a bird or animal
  2. 2.paw
  3. 3.claws
  4. 4.talons

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail
  2. 2.to grab with claws
  3. 3.claw-like object; foot (of an item)
  4. 4.hand (of a person)
  5. 5.nail (of a person)
  6. 6.bamboo rake or harrow
  7. 7.a surname
  8. 8.to claw; to scratch (with one's claw or nail)
  9. 9.Classifier for claw or scratch mark.

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a hand grabbing from above (in earlier forms from side); compare 手, 寸, 九. Even if it can indicate a claw, actually the pictogram depicts a human hand.

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