Read Edit View history Discussion 钳 qián HSK7 pincers Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 甘 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鉗. Pinyin Separate values with commas qián × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 鉗 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 钅 is a component form of 金. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 钳 Simp strokes 钳 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 钳 Simp strokes 钳 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 钳 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 306, 821 ], [ 352, 758 ], [ 194, 504 ], [ 44, 336 ] ], [ [ 300, 620 ], [ 489, 660 ] ], [ [ 221, 473 ], [ 441, 512 ] ], [ [ 154, 306 ], [ 446, 364 ] ], [ [ 273, 453 ], [ 315, 416 ], [ 285, 92 ], [ 456, 208 ] ], [ [ 451, 426 ], [ 871, 495 ], [ 965, 491 ] ], [ [ 520, 605 ], [ 568, 562 ], [ 561, 80 ] ], [ [ 739, 756 ], [ 796, 709 ], [ 791, 24 ] ], [ [ 587, 275 ], [ 707, 298 ] ], [ [ 581, 110 ], [ 752, 128 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M319,644C343,683 361,721 391,749C397,756 399,764 396,774C393,783 382,797 361,812C342,826 326,832 314,831C301,831 296,822 303,806C312,782 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