鉗

See also: 箝 and 钳

鉗	U+9257, 鉗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9257

← 鉖
[U+9256]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鉘 →
[U+9258]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

鉗 (radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金廿一 (CTM), four-corner 8417₀, composition ⿰釒甘)

ReferencesEdit

KangXi: page 1301, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40306
Dae Jaweon: page 1803, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4182, character 7
Unihan data for U+9257

ChineseEdit

trad.		鉗
simp.		钳

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 鉗
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (甘) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
紺	*kɯːms
姏	*mɡaːm
嵌	sɡaːmʔ, kʰraːm
甘	*kaːm
柑	*kaːm
苷	*kaːm
泔	*kaːm
坩	kaːm, kʰaːm
蚶	ɢaːm, ɢaːm
酣	*ɢaːm
甝	*ɢaːm
魽	*ɢaːm
邯	ɡaːm, ɡaːm
鉗	*ɡram
箝	*ɡram
黚	ɡram, ɡrɯm
拑	*ɡram

PronunciationEdit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qián (qian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kim⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiàm
Min Nan (POJ): khiâm / khîⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qián
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ch'ien²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kim⁴
  - Yale: kìhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kim⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kim⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰiːm²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiàm
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiamˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiam²
  - IPA: /kʰi̯am¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiâm
  - Tâi-lô: khiâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiaam
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiam¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /kʰiam²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰĩ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /kʰĩ²⁴/

Note:

khiâm - literary;
khîⁿ - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: /ɡˠiᴇm/▼

Rime
Character	鉗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	巨淹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiam/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛm/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qián

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[ɡ]<r>[e]m/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡram/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鉗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qián
Middle Chinese	‹ gjem ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[ɡ]<r>[e]m/
English	pincers, tongs
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉗
Reading #	1/1
No.	3665
Phonetic component	甘
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	箝
Old Chinese	/*ɡram/
Notes	同箝

DefinitionsEdit

鉗

claw of a crustacean (Classifier: 個／个 c)
隻蟹個鉗 / 只蟹个钳 [Cantonese] ― zek³ haai⁵ go³ kim^4-2 [Jyutping] ― claw of a crab
pincers, pliers, tongs
to grab with a plier or a crustacean claw

CompoundsEdit

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

ReadingsEdit

On (unclassified): かん (kan); けん (ken)
Kun: くびかせ (kubikase, 鉗); かなぎ (kanagi, 鉗); はさむ (hasamu, 鉗む); はさみ (hasami, 鉗); かなばさみ (kanabasami, 鉗)

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

鉗 • (gyeom) (hangeul 겸, revised gyeom, McCune–Reischauer kyŏm, Yale kyem)

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鉗

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