鋏

See also: 铗

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

鋏 (radical 167 金+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金大人人 (CKOO), four-corner 8413₈)

1. tongs, pincers
2. dagger
3. sword

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1307, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40450
• Dae Jaweon: page 1809, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4205, character 7
• Unihan data for U+92CF

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ChineseEdit

trad.		鋏
simp.		铗

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiá (jia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ
    • Wade-Giles: chia²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jya
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯a̠³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaap³
    • Yale: gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑːp̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kep̚/▼

Rime
Character	鋏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古協切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛp̚/
Li Rong	/kep̚/
Wang Li	/kiep̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鋏
Reading #	1/1
No.	5906
Phonetic component	夾
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	頰
Old Chinese	/*keːb/

DefinitionsEdit

鋏

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CompoundsEdit

• 彈鋏／弹铗
• 彈鋏無魚／弹铗无鱼

• 鋏腳／铗脚
• 長鋏／长铗

• 馮諼彈鋏／冯諼弹铗
• 鱗鋏星鐔／鳞铗星镡

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

鋏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. scissors, shears
2. tongs, pincers

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: きょう (kyō), けふ (historical)
• Kan’on: きょう (kyō), けふ (historical)
• Kun: はさみ (hasami), はさ.む (鋏む, hasamu), やとこ (yatoko), やっとこ (yattoko)

Etymology 1Edit

Wikipedia ^ja

鋏 (hasami): a pair of traditional Japanese shears or scissors.

鋏 (hasami): a pair of western-style scissors.

Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
鋏
はさみ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Originally the 連用形 ‎(ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 鋏む ‎(hasamu, “to be tightly between two things, to be inserted in between””), itself apparently deriving from hasa (“narrowness between other things”, likely cognate with 細 hoso, “skinny, narrowness within the thing itself”) + auxiliary suffix む ‎(mu, “to be or become like something”).

Cognate and homophonic with 挟, 挿 (​hasami): “being stuck in between other things”.

PronunciationEdit

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) はさみ​ [hàsámíꜜ] (Odaka - [3])
• (Tokyo) はさ​み [hàsáꜜmì] (Nakadaka - [2])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠sa̠mi]

NounEdit

鋏 ‎(hiragana はさみ, romaji hasami)

1. scissors, a pair of scissors
2. pincers or claws as found on a crab, lobster, or other arthropod
3. a punch as used to make a hole in a piece of paper

Usage notesEdit

The scissors and punch senses are also found spelled 剪刀.

The arthropod pincers sense is also found spelled 螯 and 鉗.

IdiomsEdit

• 鋏 (はさみ)を入 (い)れる ‎(hasami o ireru): “to put the scissors in” → to cut with scissors; to punch a ticket; to trim vegetation or hair

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

鋏状価格差 (はさみじょうかかくさ) ‎(hasami-jō kakakusa): price scissors 鋏虫 (はさみむし) ‎(hasamimushi): an earwig 鋏虫目 (はさみむしもく) ‎(hasamimushi moku): order Dermaptera, the earwigs 鋏盤 (はさみばん) ‎(hasamiban): a mechanical shear for cutting metal

金鋏 (かなばさみ) ‎(kanabasami): blacksmith's grippers 紙鋏 (かみばさみ) ‎(kamibasami): paper scissors 空鋏 (からばさみ) ‎(karabasami): working a pair of scissors to make the sound of cutting, without actually cutting anything 木鋏 (きばさみ) ‎(kibasami): long shears for pruning, such as for a hedge 銀葉鋏 (ぎんようばさみ) ‎(gin'yō-basami): tweezers for holding silver leaf in traditional Japanese incense 西洋鋏 (せいようばさみ) ‎(seiyō-basami): western-style scissors 裁 (た)ち鋏 (ばさみ) ‎(tachibasami): scissors for cutting cloth 爪切 (つめき)り鋏 (ばさみ) ‎(tsumekiri-basami): nail clippers 唐鋏 (とうばさみ) ‎(tōbasami): western-style scissors, with a pivot in the center and forming an X shape 握 (にぎ)り鋏 (ばさみ) ‎(nigiribasami): traditional Japanese shears, with a join at the back end and forming a U shape 花鋏 (はなばさみ) ‎(hanabasami): flower shears, florist's scissors ピンキング鋏 (ばさみ) ‎(pinkingu-basami): pinking shears 洋鋏 (ようばさみ) ‎(yōbasami): western-style scissors 和鋏 (わばさみ) ‎(wabasami): traditional Japanese shears, with a join at the back end and forming a U shape 矢床鋏 (やっとこばさみ) ‎(yattokobasami): blacksmith's grippers

Etymology 2Edit

Wikipedia

鋏 (yattoko): a pair of blacksmith's pincers

Kanji in this term
鋏
やっとこ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Probably originally an abbreviation of synonym yattokobasami, with the yattoko portion possibly an alteration of 焼き床 ‎(yakidoko, “the cooking bed of an oven, or the firing bed of a kiln”, possibly formerly read as yakitoko, literally “burning or cooking bed”), perhaps used as a dialect word referring to the forge; compare 火床 ‎(hidoko, “hearth; a firepit, such as beneath a boiler”, literally “fire bed”).

PronunciationEdit

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) やっとこ [yàttókó] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠t̚to̞ko̞]

Alternative formsEdit

• 矢床 (ateji)

NounEdit

鋏 ‎(hiragana やっとこ, romaji yattoko)

1. pincers, nippers, pliers, tongs, or grippers, specifically those used to hold a metal object being worked in blacksmithing

SynonymsEdit

• 矢床鋏 (やっとこばさみ) ‎(yattokobasami)

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

矢床鋏 (やっとこばさみ) ‎(yattokobasami): blacksmith's grippers 鋏箸 (やっとこばし) ‎(yattokobashi): blacksmith's tongs

External linksEdit

• http://tool.kigasuki.com/tukamu.html -- in Japanese.

Etymology 3Edit

Kanji in this term
鋏
やとこ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Probable variation from yattoko. Rare.

PronunciationEdit

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ja̠to̞ko̞]

NounEdit

鋏 ‎(hiragana やとこ, romaji yatoko)

1. (rare) pincers, nippers, pliers, tongs, or grippers, more specifically those used to hold a metal object being worked in blacksmithing

Etymology 4Edit

Kanji in this term
鋏
きょう Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

/kepu/ → /keɸu/ → /keu/ → /kjoː/

From Middle Chinese 鋏 ‎(kiɛp, “tongs, pincers”). Compare modern Cantonese reading gaap³.

PronunciationEdit

• On'yomi: Goon
• IPA^(key): [kjo̞ː]

AffixEdit

鋏 ‎(hiragana きょう, romaji kyō, historical hiragana けふ)

1. pincers, scissors, tongs

Usage notesEdit

Only found in compounds.

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

鋏角 (きょうかく) ‎(kyōkaku): chelicera, the mouthparts of certain arthropods such as spiders 鋏角類 (きょうかうるい) ‎(kyōkaurui): chelicerates in general 鋏角亜門 (きょうかくあもん) ‎(kyōkaku amon): subphylum Chelicerata, comprising arachnids, sea spiders, and horseshoe crabs

ReferencesEdit

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

鋏 • ‎(hyeop) (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune-Reischauer hyŏp, Yale hyep)

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