剥皮钳
bāo​pí​qián

wire stripper

剥 bō peel Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 录 represents the sound. Simplified form of 剝.

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

录
录 Sound component
lù copy

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

皮 pí skin

Pictograph of a hand (又) peeling off the skin from an animal.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts an animal with its skin being peeled off.

又
又 Iconic component
yòu hand

Depicts a hand.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (5 of 15 verified)

被破波彼坡颇玻疲披簸跛陂铍帔頗

Meaning (0 of 7 verified)

皱披皴皲皰皺皻

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjem-[p](r)aj skin

說文解字

《說文》：“皮，剝取獸革者謂之皮。从又，為省聲。，古文皮。，籀文皮。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

钳 qián pincers Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 甘 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鉗.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

甘
甘 Sound component
gān sweetness

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

剝 bō peel Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 彔 represents the sound.

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

彔
彔 Sound component
lù to carve wood

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpæwk[p]ˤrok
(~ *mə-pˤrok)		flay, peel
Zhengzhangproːɡ
Unicodepak

說文解字

裂也。从刀从录。录，刻割也。录亦聲。

Sources

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

鉗 qián pincers Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 甘 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

甘
甘 Sound component
gān sweetness

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjemC.[ɡ]<r>[e]mpincers, tongs
Zhengzhangɡram

說文解字

以𨮯有所劫束也。从金甘聲。

Sources

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