箝

See also: 钳

Translingual

Han character

箝 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹手廿一 (HQTM), four-corner 8857₅, composition ⿱𥫗拑)

1. tweezers, pliers, tongs, pincers

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 888, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26152
• Dae Jaweon: page 1316, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2978, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7B9D

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Chinese

trad.		箝
simp. #		箝

Glyph origin

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qián (qian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kim⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qián
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²
    • Yale: chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kim⁴
    • Yale: kìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjem

Rime
Character	箝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨淹切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡram/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	箝
Reading #	1/1
No.	3666
Phonetic component	甘
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	箝
Old Chinese	/*ɡram/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

箝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. insert
2. fit into
3. attach (a clog thong)

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kan’yō-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: くびかせ (kubikase, 箝); すげる (sugeru, 箝げる); はさむ (hasamu, 箝む)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. tweezers
2. pliers
3. tongs
4. pincers