爫 (zhǎo) is Kangxi radical no. 87, “claw”. It also appears as 爪 (zhǎo). In this form it is written with 4 strokes.
As a radical, 爫 (zhǎo) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “claw” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 4 to 10 strokes. 1 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 2 have a full word page of their own.
Good ones to start with: 爱 (ài) love, 爬 (pá) climb / crawl.
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