拑

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qián
Cantonese: kim4
JapaneseKun: HASAMU TSUGUMU
JapaneseOn: KAN KEN
Korean: KYEM
Vietnamese: kiềm cùm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to clamp, tie down or pin down

CE-Dict: pliers/pincers/to clamp

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》拑脅持也。从手甘聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】拑
【唐韻】巨淹切【集韻】【韻會】其淹切【正韻】其廉切，𠀤音箝。【說文】脅持也。【前漢·鼂錯傳】天下之士，拑口不敢復言矣。　又【集韻】扱范切。義同。　【韻會】按《說文》箝拑柑鉗鍼訓義不同，然書史傳寫亦有通作者，今以《說文》爲正。　【正字通】拑鉗箝通，與柑音義別，俗誤通用。互見木部柑字註。

Han-De-Dict: befestigen, halten (u.E.)/Beißzange, Kneifzange (u.E.) (S)/kleine Zange, Zange (u.E.) (S)