鉗

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

• 𡽎, 𬕸

• 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

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

鉗

1. claw of a crustacean (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   隻蟹個鉗／只蟹个钳 [Cantonese]  ―  zek³ haai⁵ go³ kim^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  claw of a crab

   蟹鉗／蟹钳 [Cantonese]  ―  haai⁵ kim⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  crab claws

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

   佢隻手俾隻蟹個鉗鉗親。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢只手俾只蟹个钳钳亲。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ zek³ sau² bei² zek³ haai⁵ go³ kim^4-2 kem⁴ can¹. [Jyutping]

   His hand was pinched by a crab's claw.

• → Proto-Tai: *ɡiːmᴬ (“pliers, tongs”)
  • Proto-Southwestern Tai: *ɡiːmᴬ (“pliers, tongs”)
    • Lao: ຄີມ (khīm)
    • Tai Dam: ꪁꪲꪣ
    • Shan: ၵိမ်း (kím)
    • Thai: คีม (kiim, “pliers, tongs”)

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• 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)

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

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