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zhao3

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simplified: (same)
Pinyin: zhao [3rd sound], zhua [3rd sound]
Definition: claw

We can see the picture of human’s fingernails and claw, but the word was shorten by three nails drawn. First this word has been used for human nails, after it used for human, birds, mammal and others.

 
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