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钳 (qián): Pincers — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Left-Right

钳

钅jīn · metal

甘gān · sweet

钳=钅jīn · metal+甘gān · sweet

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5.

Example Sentences

tā他

yòng用

huǒ火

qián钳

jiá夹

qǐ起

yí一

kuài块

mù木

tàn炭

。

He picked up a piece of charcoal with fire tongs.

tā他

yòng用

qián钳

zi子

jiá夹

zhù住

le了

luó螺

sī

zhèng政

fǔ府

cǎi采

qǔ取

cuò措

shī施

qián钳

zhì制

wù

Information

Pinyinqián

Meaningpincers, pliers, clamp

Strokes10

Radical钅

Traditional鉗

StructureLeft-Right

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Zhuyinㄑㄧㄢˊ

UnicodeU+94B3

CangjieQTMJ

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丝

。

He held the screw with pliers.

物

jià价

shàng上

zhǎng涨

。

The government took measures to restrict price increases.

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Characters pronounced "qian".

倩qiànbeautiful, lovely; son-in-law
乾qiándry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)
黔qiánblack; Guizhou
堑qiànmoat, trench, pit, cavity
茜qiànmadder, rubia cordifolia; reeds
仟qiānone thousand; leader of one thousand men

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Characters with radical "钅".

镣liàofetters
铡zhásickle for cutting grass or hay
铰jiǎohinge; shears, scissors
钾jiǎpotassium
钵bōearthenware basin; alms bowl
铮zhēngclanging sound; small gong

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