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钳

qián

pincers

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 甘 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鉗.

Components
钅 meaning component

钅  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

甘 sound component

甘  Sound component

gān

  

sweetness

Evolution

钳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
钳 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
钳 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
钳 Simplified script Modern

Simplified 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 钳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

钳

pincers

钳子

pliers

钳工

fitter

钳制

to suppress

老虎钳

vise

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

10

Traditional

鉗

Unicode

U+94B3


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