Chinese symbol for “forceps”
镊子
niè zi
Traditional: 鑷子
tweezers; forceps
The closest CC-CEDICT match for forceps is 镊子 (niè zi), defined as: tweezers; forceps.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “forceps”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 镊子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手术镊 (手術鑷) | shǒu shù niè | surgical forceps |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
| 妻子 | qī zǐ | wife and children |
| 样子 (樣子) | yàng zi | appearance; manner |
See also: Japanese symbol for “forceps”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.