钳

钳

See also: 箝 and 鉗

钳 U+94B3, 钳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-94B3 ← 钲 [U+94B2] CJK Unified Ideographs 钴 → [U+94B4]

Translingual

Han character

钳 (radical 167, 钅+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 金廿一 (CTM) or 人心廿一 (OPTM) or X金廿一 (XCTM), composition ⿰钅甘)

1. pincers, pliers, tongs
2. to compress

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1328, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4183, character 1
• Unihan data for U+94B3

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 钳 – see 鉗 (“claw of a crustacean; pincers, pliers, tongs; etc.”). (This character, 钳, is the simplified form of 鉗.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.