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U+9257, 鉗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9257

[U+9256]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9258]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 167, +5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金廿一 (CTM), four-corner 84170, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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trad.
simp.
alternative forms verb

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • khiâm - literary;
  • khîⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
  • kiam5 - literary;
  • kin5 - vernacular.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (30)
    Final () (154)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter gjem
    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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    kim4
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 3665
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ɡram/
    Notes

    Definitions

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    1. claw of a crustacean (Classifier: c)
      [Cantonese]  ―  zek3 haai5 go3 kim4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  claw of a crab
      [Cantonese]  ―  haai5 kim4 [Jyutping]  ―  crab claws
    2. pincers, pliers, tongs
    3. to grab or pinch with a plier or a crustacean claw
      [Cantonese, trad.]
      [Cantonese, simp.]
      keoi5 zek3 sau2 bei2 zek3 haai5 go3 kim4-2 kem4 can1. [Jyutping]
      His hand was pinched by a crab's claw.

    Synonyms

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    Compounds

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    Descendants

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    • Proto-Tai: *ɡiːmᴬ (pliers, tongs)

    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    (Hyōgai kanji)

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    Readings

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    Korean

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    Hanja

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    (gyeom) (hangeul , revised gyeom, McCune–Reischauer kyŏm, Yale kyem)

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