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Character: 鉗
Modern (Beijing) reading: qián
Preclassic Old Chinese: ghram
Classic Old Chinese: ghram
Western Han Chinese: ghram
Eastern Han Chinese: ghram
Early Postclassic Chinese: ghem
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ghem
Late Postclassic Chinese: ghem
Middle Chinese: gem
English meaning : pincers, to pinch [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: щипцы; клещи; тиски; брать щипцами; защемлять
Comments: Colloquial Viet. loans from the same source are kềm, kìm id. For *gh cf. Xiamen khĩ2, Chaozhou khiǝm2, Fuzhou khieŋ2, Jianou khiŋ2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 167
Four-angle index: 1024
Karlgren code: 0606 i
Vietnamese reading: kiềm
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