鋏

See also: 铗

Translingual

Han character

鋏 (radical 167 金+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金大人人 (CKOO), four-corner 8413₈)

1. tongs, pincers
2. dagger
3. sword

References

• KangXi: page 1307, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40450
• Dae Jaweon: page 1809, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4205, character 7
• Unihan data for U+92CF

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鋏 (simplified 铗, Jyutping gaap3, Yale gaap3)

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Japanese

Kanji

鋏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. scissors, shears
2. tongs, pincers

Readings

• Goon: きょう (kyō), けふ (historical)
• Kan’on: きょう (kyō), けふ (historical)
• Kun: はさみ (hasami), はさ.む (鋏む, hasamu), やとこ (yatoko), やっとこ (yattoko)

Etymology 1

Wikipedia ^ja

鋏 (hasami): a pair of traditional Japanese shears or scissors.

鋏 (hasami): a pair of western-style scissors.

Wikipedia

Kanji in this term

鋏

はさみ Hyōgaiji

kun'yomi

Originally the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 鋏む (hasamu, “to be tightly between two things, to be inserted in between””), itself apparently deriving from hasa (“narrowness between other things”, likely cognate with 細 hoso, “skinny, narrowness within the thing itself”) + auxiliary suffix む (mu, “to be or become like something”).

Cognate and homophonic with 挟, 挿 (​hasami): “being stuck in between other things”.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) はさみ​ [hàsámíꜜ] (Odaka - [3])
• (Tokyo) はさ​み [hàsáꜜmì] (Nakadaka - [2])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠sa̠mi]

Noun

鋏 (hiragana はさみ, romaji hasami)

1. scissors, a pair of scissors
2. pincers or claws as found on a crab, lobster, or other arthropod
3. a punch as used to make a hole in a piece of paper

Usage notes

The scissors and punch senses are also found spelled 剪刀.

The arthropod pincers sense is also found spelled 螯 and 鉗.

Idioms

• 鋏 (はさみ)を入 (い)れる (hasami o ireru): “to put the scissors in” → to cut with scissors; to punch a ticket; to trim vegetation or hair

Derived terms

Derived terms

鋏状価格差 (はさみじょうかかくさ) (hasami-jō kakakusa): price scissors 鋏虫 (はさみむし) (hasamimushi): an earwig 鋏虫目 (はさみむしもく) (hasamimushi moku): order Dermaptera, the earwigs 鋏盤 (はさみばん) (hasamiban): a mechanical shear for cutting metal

金鋏 (かなばさみ) (kanabasami): blacksmith's grippers 紙鋏 (かみばさみ) (kamibasami): paper scissors 空鋏 (からばさみ) (karabasami): working a pair of scissors to make the sound of cutting, without actually cutting anything 木鋏 (きばさみ) (kibasami): long shears for pruning, such as for a hedge 銀葉鋏 (ぎんようばさみ) (gin'yō-basami): tweezers for holding silver leaf in traditional Japanese incense 西洋鋏 (せいようばさみ) (seiyō-basami): western-style scissors 裁 (た)ち鋏 (ばさみ) (tachibasami): scissors for cutting cloth 爪切 (つめき)り鋏 (ばさみ) (tsumekiri-basami): nail clippers 唐鋏 (とうばさみ) (tōbasami): western-style scissors, with a pivot in the center and forming an X shape 握 (にぎ)り鋏 (ばさみ) (nigiribasami): traditional Japanese shears, with a join at the back end and forming a U shape 花鋏 (はなばさみ) (hanabasami): flower shears, florist's scissors ピンキング鋏 (ばさみ) (pinkingu-basami): pinking shears 洋鋏 (ようばさみ) (yōbasami): western-style scissors 和鋏 (わばさみ) (wabasami): traditional Japanese shears, with a join at the back end and forming a U shape 矢床鋏 (やっとこばさみ) (yattokobasami): blacksmith's grippers

Etymology 2

Wikipedia

鋏 (yattoko): a pair of blacksmith's pincers

Kanji in this term

鋏

やっとこ Hyōgaiji

kun'yomi

Probably originally an abbreviation of synonym yattokobasami, with the yattoko portion possibly an alteration of 焼き床 (yakidoko, “the cooking bed of an oven, or the firing bed of a kiln”, possibly formerly read as yakitoko, literally “burning or cooking bed”), perhaps used as a dialect word referring to the forge; compare 火床 (hidoko, “hearth; a firepit, such as beneath a boiler”, literally “fire bed”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) やっとこ [yàttókó] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠t̚to̞ko̞]

Alternative forms

• 矢床 (ateji)

Noun

鋏 (hiragana やっとこ, romaji yattoko)

1. pincers, nippers, pliers, tongs, or grippers, specifically those used to hold a metal object being worked in blacksmithing

Synonyms

• 矢床鋏 (やっとこばさみ) (yattokobasami)

Derived terms

Derived terms

矢床鋏 (やっとこばさみ) (yattokobasami): blacksmith's grippers 鋏箸 (やっとこばし) (yattokobashi): blacksmith's tongs

External links

• http://tool.kigasuki.com/tukamu.html -- in Japanese.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

鋏

やとこ Hyōgaiji

kun'yomi

Probable variation from yattoko. Rare.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ja̠to̞ko̞]

Noun

鋏 (hiragana やとこ, romaji yatoko)

1. (rare) pincers, nippers, pliers, tongs, or grippers, more specifically those used to hold a metal object being worked in blacksmithing

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term

鋏

きょう Hyōgaiji

on'yomi

/kepu/ → /keɸu/ → /keu/ → /kjoː/

From Middle Chinese 鋏 (kiɛp, “tongs, pincers”). Compare modern Cantonese reading gaap³.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Go'on
• IPA^(key): [kjo̞ː]

Affix

鋏 (hiragana きょう, romaji kyō, historical hiragana けふ)

1. pincers, scissors, tongs

Usage notes

Only found in compounds.

Derived terms

Derived terms

鋏角 (きょうかく) (kyōkaku): chelicera, the mouthparts of certain arthropods such as spiders 鋏角類 (きょうかうるい) (kyōkaurui): chelicerates in general 鋏角亜門 (きょうかくあもん) (kyōkaku amon): subphylum Chelicerata, comprising arachnids, sea spiders, and horseshoe crabs

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Korean

Hanja

鋏 (hyeop) (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune-Reischauer hyŏp, Yale hyep)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鋏 (simplified 铗, Pinyin jiá (jia2), Wade-Giles chia²)

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