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
Note:
  • khiâm - literary;
  • khîⁿ - vernacular.
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;
* 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

  1. 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
  2. pincers, pliers, tongs
  3. to grab with a plier or a crustacean claw

Compounds
  • 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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