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 (first edition): 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, kim^4-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiàm
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): khiâm / khîⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): kiam⁵ / kin⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qián
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cián
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kim⁴, kim^4-2
  - Yale: kìhm, kím
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kim⁴, kim^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: kim⁴, kim²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːm²¹/, /kʰiːm²¹⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiàm
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiamˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiam²
  - Sinological 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, General 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.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: kiam⁵ / kin⁵
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiâm / khîⁿ
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiam⁵⁵/, /kʰĩ⁵⁵/

Note:

kiam5 - literary;
kin5 - 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

SynonymsEdit

Dialectal synonyms of 鉗子 (“pliers; pincers”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鉗子
Mandarin	Beijing	鉗子
	Taiwan	鉗子
	Harbin	鉗子
	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
	Panyu	鉗
	Huadu (Huashan)	鉗
	Conghua	鉗
	Zengcheng	鉗
	Foshan	鉗
	Nanhai (Shatou)	鉗
	Shunde	鉗
	Sanshui	鉗
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	鉗
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鉗
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	鉗
	Doumen	鉗
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鉗
	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
Gan	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
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	鉗仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	鉗仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	鉗
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	鉗仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	鉗
	Hong Kong	鉗仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	鉗仔
	Batu Kawa (Sungai Tapang)	鉗
	Singkawang	鉗
Jin	Taiyuan	鉗子
Jin	Xinzhou	鉗子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	鉗仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	鉗囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	鉗仔
	Quanzhou	鉗仔
	Zhangzhou	鉗仔
	Zhao'an	鉗仔
	Tainan	鉗仔
	Chaozhou	鉗囝
	Shantou	鉗囝
	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
	Shuangfeng	鉗子
	Loudi	鉗子

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 (jiānzuǐqián)
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)

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)

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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