钳
qián HSK7

pincers

钳 (鉗) qián
claw noun
the pincer-like appendage of an animal, such as a crab or scorpion

螃蟹挥动着有力的大钳。

páng​xiè huī​dòng zhe yǒu​lì de dà qián.

The crab waved its powerful claws.

pincers noun
tools for gripping or cutting objects, such as pliers or tongs

这把铁钳由于生锈已经很难咬合了。

zhè bǎ tiě qián yóu​yú shēng​xiù yǐ​jīng hěn nán yǎo​hé le.

These iron pliers are difficult to close because they are rusty.

to clamp verb
to grip or pinch something tightly as if with pincers

他紧紧地钳住对方的手腕。

tā jǐn​jǐn de qián zhù duì​fāng de shǒu​wàn.

He gripped the other person's wrist tightly.

to restrain verb
to restrict freedom of action or suppress speech; to gag

这种手段试图钳制舆论。

zhè zhǒng shǒu​duàn shì​tú qián zhì yú​lùn.

This tactic attempts to muzzle public opinion.

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,344th most common 6.42 per million
Movie subtitles
2,736th most common 5.68 per million appears in 3% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.73 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
4.22 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
鉗
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+94B3

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)