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See also:
U+7B9D, 箝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B9D

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 118, +8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹手廿一 (HQTM), four-corner 88575, composition 𥫗)

  1. tweezers, pliers, tongs, pincers

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 888, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26152
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1316, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2978, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+7B9D

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡram) : semantic (bamboo) + phonetic (OC *ɡram)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (154)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter gjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡᵚiɛm/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gjiam/
Li
Rong
/ɡjɛm/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭɛm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kim4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3666
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡram/

Definitions

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. insert
  2. fit into
  3. attach (a clog thong)

Readings

Korean

Hanja

(gyeom) (hangeul , revised gyeom, McCune–Reischauer kyŏm, Yale kyem)

  1. tweezers
  2. pliers
  3. tongs
  4. pincers