钳 — Chinese character
钳
qián
pincers, pliers, tongs; to compress
- Pinyin
- qián
- Radical
- 167 ⾦ (Gold)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 钅 甘
- Formation
- pictophonetic — metal; meaning component 钅; sound component 甘
- Traditional
- 鉗
Common words with 钳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 钳子 (鉗子) | qián zi | pliers; pincers |
| 钳制 (鉗制) | qián zhì | to suppress; to muzzle; to gag |
| 钳工 (鉗工) | qián gōng | fitter; benchwork |
| 火钳 (火鉗) | huǒ qián | fire tongs |
| 夹钳 (夾鉗) | jiā qián | tongs |
| 指甲钳 (指甲鉗) | zhǐ jia qián | nail clipper |
| 产钳 (產鉗) | chǎn qián | obstetric forceps |
| 老虎钳 (老虎鉗) | lǎo hǔ qián | vise; pincer pliers |
| 虎钳 (虎鉗) | hǔ qián | vise |
| 钳住 (鉗住) | qián zhù | to clamp down; to suppress |
| 钢丝钳 (鋼絲鉗) | gāng sī qián | combination pliers; lineman's pliers |
| 扳钳 (扳鉗) | bān qián | wrench; spanner |
English words written with 钳
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.