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钳

qián

pincers, pliers, tongs; to compress

🔤 Pictophonetic: 钅 (metal) provides meaning, 甘 provides pronunciation

HSK 10 strokes Uncommon (34%)

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Component Breakdown

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sweet, tasty; willing

⿰钅甘 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

jīn

钅

gold, metal; money

📷 Pictographic: A cast-iron bell; compare 金

5 strokes

gān

甘

sweet, tasty; willing

💡 Ideographic: Picture of a tongue with 一 marking the sweet spot

5 strokes HSK 6

niàn

卄

twenty, twentieth

💡 Ideographic: Two tens 十 side by side

3 strokes

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

shù

丨

number one; line

1 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 钳 (20)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

钳 ↗

qián

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

qián

钳 ↗

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

pipe wrench / monkey wrench

guǎnziqián

管子钳 ↗

pipe wrench / monkey wrench

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