鉗

See also: 箝 and 钳

鉗 U+9257, 鉗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9257 ← 鉖 [U+9256] CJK Unified Ideographs 鉘 → [U+9258]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

1. pincers, pliers, tongs

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

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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

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• 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.

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• 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

1. a claw of a crustacean
2. to grab with a plier or a crustacean claw

CompoundsEdit

• 克絲鉗子／克丝钳子
• 卡鉗／卡钳
• 受鉗鎚／受钳鎚
• 尖嘴鉗／尖嘴钳
• 拘鉗／拘钳
• 火鉗／火钳 (huǒqián)
• 焊鉗／焊钳
• 產鉗／产钳 (chǎnqián)
• 羅鉗吉網／罗钳吉网
• 老虎鉗／老虎钳 (lǎohǔqián)

• 胡桃鉗／胡桃钳
• 虎鉗／虎钳 (hǔqián)
• 虎頭鉗／虎头钳
• 蝍蛆鉗帶／蝍蛆钳带
• 鉗且／钳且
• 鉗制／钳制 (qiánzhì)
• 鉗口／钳口
• 鉗口吞舌／钳口吞舌
• 鉗口撟舌／钳口挢舌
• 鉗口結舌／钳口结舌

• 鉗噤／钳噤
• 鉗子／钳子 (qiánzi)
• 鉗工／钳工 (qiángōng)
• 鉗忌／钳忌
• 鉗鉗／钳钳
• 鉗馬銜枚／钳马衔枚
• 鏈鉗子／链钳子
• 鐵鉗／铁钳
• 髡鉗／髡钳

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

鉗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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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)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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