Pictographic: A bird's talonsRadical:

meaning for zhuǎ:

  • - (coll.) foot of an animal or bird
  • - (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc(animal's) clawlit. one scale and half a claw (idiom)
  • - only odd bits and piecespaws (of small animal)
  • - same as 爪子
  • - legs of furniture or apparatus
  • - stupid personsee 雪泥鸿爪 Ying Zhua Fan Zi Quan - "Eagle Claw" - Martial Art