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鉗
鉗
Translingual
Han character
鉗 (radical 167 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金廿一 (CTM), four-corner 84170)
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
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|---|
| Small seal script |
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| 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
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ien2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kim4
- Yale: kìhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: kim4
- IPA (key): /kʰiːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiàm
- Hakka Romanization System: kiamˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: kiam2
- IPA: /kʰi̯am¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîⁿ
- Tâi-lô: khînn
- Phofsit Daibuun: qvii
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰĩ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰĩ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰĩ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰĩ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰĩ²³/
- (Hokkien)
| 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 |
| 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; | |
| 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
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
鉗
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
鉗 • (gyeom) (hangeul 겸, revised gyeom, McCune-Reischauer kyŏm, Yale kyem)
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