爪つめ冠かんむり

noun

kanji 'claw' radical at top

Refers to the kanji radical ⺤ (つめ) when it appears at the top of a character, as in 爵 or 采. Used in kanji dictionaries and character analysis.

• 「爵しゃく」の上うえの部ぶ分ぶんは爪つめ冠かんむりと呼よばれる。

  The top part of the kanji 爵 is called 爪冠 (つめかんむり).