Read Edit View history 鉗 qián pincers Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 甘 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas qián × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 钳 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 釒 is a component form of 金. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鉗 Simp strokes 鉗 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鉗 Simp strokes 鉗 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鉗 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 317, 805 ], [ 350, 770 ], [ 322, 687 ], [ 264, 575 ], [ 186, 462 ], [ 125, 397 ], [ 67, 345 ], [ 53, 342 ], [ 50, 334 ] ], [ [ 376, 721 ], [ 444, 674 ], [ 475, 633 ] ], [ [ 232, 479 ], [ 286, 486 ], [ 401, 526 ], [ 435, 525 ] ], [ [ 200, 357 ], [ 268, 358 ], [ 394, 397 ], [ 437, 399 ] ], [ [ 304, 465 ], [ 332, 446 ], [ 330, 197 ], [ 325, 181 ], [ 312, 170 ] ], [ [ 190, 287 ], [ 237, 247 ], [ 247, 219 ] ], [ [ 480, 314 ], [ 448, 320 ], [ 376, 237 ] ], [ [ 124, 116 ], [ 177, 96 ], [ 418, 169 ], [ 492, 197 ] ], [ [ 468, 436 ], [ 502, 430 ], [ 524, 433 ], [ 688, 470 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Z", "M 204 249 Q 213 236 222 218 Q 232 205 246 204 Q 255 203 261 213 Q 268 225 264 252 Q 263 264 245 275 Q 194 296 188 295 Q 184 292 183 281 Q 184 271 204 249 Z", "M 415 317 Q 402 289 370 243 Q 366 236 371 231 Q 378 230 384 235 Q 448 284 479 304 Q 494 308 489 318 Q 483 331 466 345 Q 448 360 430 360 Q 417 359 419 342 Q 422 330 415 317 Z", "M 307 160 Q 244 147 181 132 Q 159 128 125 130 Q 112 129 110 119 Q 107 106 116 98 Q 137 80 168 59 Q 178 55 191 63 Q 234 91 434 160 Q 462 170 484 184 Q 497 191 498 199 Q 494 205 481 204 Q 417 188 350 170 L 307 160 Z", "M 833 468 Q 872 472 917 474 Q 971 478 977 485 Q 981 495 966 507 Q 906 541 843 519 Q 837 519 832 516 L 783 504 Q 660 483 604 469 L 557 460 Q 514 453 470 444 Q 451 441 466 427 Q 479 415 496 411 Q 511 408 558 421 L 604 433 Q 677 454 783 463 L 833 468 Z", "M 604 469 Q 605 515 614 547 Q 621 560 618 571 Q 612 578 567 605 Q 548 618 531 606 Q 527 602 532 589 Q 553 561 554 532 Q 555 498 557 460 L 558 421 Q 561 237 548 180 Q 541 152 561 97 Q 567 84 573 81 Q 579 75 584 82 Q 596 89 602 118 L 604 152 Q 604 176 604 281 L 604 314 Q 604 366 604 433 L 604 469 Z", "M 731 134 Q 767 82 772 55 Q 779 24 791 18 Q 806 17 823 48 Q 845 91 850 164 Q 835 315 833 468 L 832 516 Q 832 645 846 704 Q 862 734 808 753 Q 775 769 757 763 Q 741 756 756 735 Q 778 710 780 677 Q 781 661 783 504 L 783 463 Q 784 348 785 171 Q 785 152 774 143 L 754 149 C 724 153 718 154 731 134 Z", "M 604 281 Q 665 291 711 298 Q 736 302 726 316 Q 713 331 687 334 Q 635 337 604 314 C 579 297 574 276 604 281 Z", "M 602 118 Q 645 128 731 134 C 761 136 764 136 754 149 Q 750 156 728 171 Q 713 178 604 152 C 575 145 573 111 602 118 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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