鉗
See also: 箝 and 钳
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Translingual
Han character
鉗 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金廿一 (CTM), four-corner 84170, composition ⿰釒甘)
References
- 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
Chinese
| trad. | 鉗 | |
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| simp. | 钳 | |
| alternative forms | 拑 verb | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 鉗 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (甘) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
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| 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
Definitions
鉗
- 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
- pincers, pliers, tongs
- to grab or pinch with a plier or a crustacean claw
- 佢隻手俾隻蟹個鉗鉗親。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- keoi5 zek3 sau2 bei2 zek3 haai5 go3 kim4-2 kem4 can1. [Jyutping]
- His hand was pinched by a crab's claw.
佢只手俾只蟹个钳钳亲。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鉗子 (“pliers; pincers”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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
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Descendants
- → Proto-Tai: *ɡiːmᴬ (“pliers, tongs”)
- Proto-Southwestern Tai: *ɡiːmᴬ (“pliers, tongs”)
- Lao: ຄີມ (khīm)
- Tai Dam: ꪁꪲꪣ
- Shan: ၵိမ်း (kím)
- Thai: คีม (kiim, “pliers, tongs”)
- Proto-Southwestern Tai: *ɡiːmᴬ (“pliers, tongs”)
Japanese
Kanji
鉗
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
- 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)
Korean
Hanja
鉗 • (gyeom) (hangeul 겸, revised gyeom, McCune–Reischauer kyŏm, Yale kyem)
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