Wiktionary

鉗

See also: 箝 and 钳
鉗 U+9257, 鉗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9257
← 鉖
[U+9256] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鉘 →
[U+9258]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1301, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40306
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1803, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4182, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+9257

Chinese edit

trad. 鉗
simp. 钳
alternative forms 拑 verb

Glyph origin edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • khiâm - literary;
  • khîⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
  • kiam5 - literary;
  • kin5 - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 鉗
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 群 (30)
    Final (韻) 鹽 (154)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 巨淹切
    Baxter gjem
    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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		kim4
    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

    Definitions edit

    鉗

    1. claw of a crustacean (Classifier: 個／个 c)
      隻蟹個鉗／只蟹个钳 [Cantonese]  ―  zek3 haai5 go3 kim4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  claw of a crab
      蟹鉗／蟹钳 [Cantonese]  ―  haai5 kim4 [Jyutping]  ―  crab claws
    2. pincers, pliers, tongs
    3. to grab or pinch with a plier or a crustacean claw
      佢隻手俾隻蟹個鉗鉗親。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      佢只手俾只蟹个钳钳亲。 [Cantonese, simp.]
      keoi5 zek3 sau2 bei2 zek3 haai5 go3 kim4-2 kem4 can1. [Jyutping]
      His hand was pinched by a crab's claw.

    Synonyms edit

    Dialectal synonyms of 鉗子 (“pliers; pincers”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鉗子
    Mandarin Beijing 鉗子
    Taiwan 鉗子
    Harbin 鉗子
    Yantai (Muping) 鉗子
    Jinan 鉗子
    Luoyang 鉗子
    Wanrong 鉗子
    Xi'an 鉗子
    Xining 鉗子
    Ürümqi 鉗子
    Wuhan 鉗子
    Chengdu 鉗子
    Guiyang 夾鉗
    Liuzhou 鉗子
    Xuzhou 鉗子
    Yangzhou 鉗子
    Nanjing 鉗子
    Hefei 鉗子
    Singapore 鉗子
    Cantonese Guangzhou 鉗
    Hong Kong 鉗, 鉗仔
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 鉗, 鉗仔
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 鉗
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 鉗仔
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 鉗仔
    Macau 鉗
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 鉗
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 鉗
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 鉗
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 鉗
    Foshan 鉗
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 鉗
    Foshan (Shunde) 鉗
    Foshan (Sanshui) 鉗
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 鉗
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 鉗
    Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 鉗
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 鉗
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 鉗
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 鉗
    Taishan 鉗
    Kaiping (Chikan) 鉗
    Enping (Niujiang) 鉗
    Heshan (Yayao) 鉗
    Dongguan 鉗
    Yangjiang 鉗仔
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 鉗仔
    Gan Nanchang 鉗子
    Lichuan 鉗兒
    Hakka Meixian 鉗仔
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 鉗
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 鉗仔
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 鉗仔
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 鉗
    Yudu 鉗子
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鉗仔
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鉗仔
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 鉗仔
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 鉗
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 鉗仔
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鉗
    Hong Kong 鉗仔
    Senai (Huiyang) 鉗仔
    Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 鉗
    Singkawang 鉗
    Jin Taiyuan 鉗子
    Xinzhou 鉗子
    Northern Min Jian'ou 鉗仔
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 鉗囝
    Southern Min Xiamen 鉗仔
    Quanzhou 鉗仔
    Zhangzhou 鉗仔
    Zhao'an 鉗仔
    Tainan 鉗仔
    Manila (Hokkien) 鉗仔
    Chaozhou 鉗囝
    Shantou 鉗囝
    Shantou (Chenghai) 鉗囝
    Jieyang 鉗, 鉗囝
    Bangkok (Teochew) 鉗
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 鉗囝
    Haikou 鉗囝
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 鉗
    Wu Shanghai 鉗子
    Suzhou 鉗子
    Hangzhou 鉗子
    Ningbo 鉗子
    Wenzhou 夾鉗兒, 鉗兒
    Xiang Changsha 鉗子
    Loudi 鉗子
    Shuangfeng 鉗子

    Compounds edit

    Descendants edit

    • → Proto-Tai: *ɡiːmᴬ (“pliers, tongs”)

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    鉗

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings edit

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

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

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