1. 鉗

鉗

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Meta:

  1. 鉗 is the 3338th most frequent character.
  2. 鉗 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 鉗 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 鉗 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
鉗 => 金, 甘
Radical :
鉗 => 金 (metal/gold), 甘 (sweet)
Graphical :
鉗 => 人, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丷, 艹, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qian2 - pincers/pliers/tongs/claw (of animal)/to grasp with pincers/to pinch/to clamp/to restrain/to restrict/to gag

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

钳子 (鉗子)

Medium Frequency

火钳 (火鉗)
产钳 (產鉗)
老虎钳 (老虎鉗)
钳 (鉗)
钳住 (鉗住)
钳制 (鉗制)
钳工 (鉗工)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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