鉗

See also: 箝 and 钳

鉗	U+9257, 鉗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9257

← 鉖
[U+9256]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鉘 →
[U+9258]

Translingual

Han character

鉗 (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: volume 6, page 4182, character 7

Unihan data for U+9257

Chinese

trad.		鉗
simp.		钳

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qián (qian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kim⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiàm
Min Nan (POJ): khiâm / khîⁿ

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.

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

Definitions

鉗

a claw of a crustacean
pincers, pliers, tongs
to grab with a plier or a crustacean claw

Compounds

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

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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