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pliers / pincers / tongs / forceps / vise / clamp / claw (of a crab etc) / CL: / (dialect) earring
HSK 7-9
(animal's) claw
HSK 7-9
Indian coral tree / sunshine tree / tiger's claw / Erythrina variegata (botany)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钳* | 钳* | *钳
pincers / pliers / tongs / claw (of animal) / to grasp with pincers / to pinch / to clamp / to restrain / to restrict / to gag
paw / claw
to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
sharp claw / talon
duck feet (claws)
pawn / lackey / accomplice (in crime) / collaborator / henchman / claws and teeth
nail hammer / claw hammer
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *螯* | 螯* | *螯
chela; nippers; claw; pincers (of crabs, lobsters, scorpions etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挝* | 挝* | *挝
ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw / old variant of / to strike; to beat
lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west / odds and ends (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爫* | 爫* | *爫
"claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87)
lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / fig. only odd bits and pieces
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爪* | 爪* | *爪
foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons
to injure by scratching or clawing
claw hammer
to claw wildly / to scratch frantically / to arrest people indiscriminately
claw hammer
to draw in one's claws / to show some modesty
Hu Zhua Pai - "Tiger Claw Sytem" - Martial Art
claw hammer
evil clutches / claws
Ying Zhua Fan Zi Quan - "Eagle Claw" - Martial Art


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