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鉗

qián

pincers

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 甘 represents the sound.

Components
釒 meaning component

釒  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

甘 sound component

甘  Sound component

gān

  

sweetness

Evolution

鉗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鉗 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鉗 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鉗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鉗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

钳 (鉗) 

qián

pincers, pliers, tongs; pincers; pliers; tongs; claw (of animal); to grasp with pincers; to pinch; to clamp; to restrain; to restrict; to gag

Most common words with 鉗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

钳

pincers

钳子

pliers

钳工

fitter

钳制

to suppress

老虎钳

vise

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.[g]<r>[e]m

gjem

qián

pincers, tongs


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.9473% of movies

2736th most common character in movies

3344th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

钳

Unicode

U+9257

Shuowen

“鉗，以鐵有所劫束也。从金，甘聲。”


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