鋏
jiá

tongs

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkeːb

說文解字

可以持冶器鑄鎔者。从金夾聲。讀若漁人莢魚之莢。一曰若挾持。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

铗 jiá tongs Simplified

Metal 钅 used to grasp 夹 items; 夹 also provides the pronunciation

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal
夹
夹 SoundMeaning component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode