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U+9257, 鉗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9257

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

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

trad.
simp.
alternative forms verb

Glyph origin[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]


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[edit]

  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[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Tai: *ɡiːmᴬ (pliers, tongs)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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