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Chinese symbol for “toenail”

趾甲
zhǐ jiǎ
toenail

The closest CC-CEDICT match for toenail is 趾甲 (zhǐ jiǎ), defined as: toenail.

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Characters and stroke order

趾 zhǐ
toe; tracks, footprints
radical 157 ⾜ · 11 strokes
甲 jiǎ
armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “toenail”

WordPinyinMeaning
脚指甲 (腳指甲)jiǎo zhǐ jiatoenail

Related words

Other words that share a character with 趾甲.

WordPinyinMeaning
脚趾 (腳趾)jiǎo zhǐtoe
脚趾头 (腳趾頭)jiǎo zhǐ toutoe
趾高气扬 (趾高氣揚)zhǐ gāo qì yánghigh and mighty (idiom); arrogant
拇趾mǔ zhǐbig toe
三趾滨鹬 (三趾濱鷸)sān zhǐ bīn yù(bird species of China) sanderling (Calidris alba)
装甲 (裝甲)zhuāng jiǎvehicle armor
指甲zhǐ jiafingernail
甲板jiǎ bǎndeck (of a ship or boat)

See also: Japanese symbol for “toenail”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.