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Chinese symbol for “vise”

老虎钳
lǎo hǔ qián
Traditional: 老虎鉗
vise; pincer pliers

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vise is 老虎钳 (lǎo hǔ qián), defined as: vise; pincer pliers.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

老 lǎo
old, aged; experienced
radical 125 ⽼ · 6 strokes
虎 hǔ
tiger; brave, fierce; surname
radical 141 ⾌ · 8 strokes
钳 qián
pincers, pliers, tongs; to compress
radical 167 ⾦ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “vise”

WordPinyinMeaning
虎钳 (虎鉗)hǔ qiánvise
钳子 (鉗子)qián zipliers; pincers

Related words

Other words that share a character with 老虎钳.

WordPinyinMeaning
老师 (老師)lǎo shīteacher
老婆lǎo pó(coll.) wife
老板lǎo bǎnvariant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn)
老人lǎo rénold man or woman; the elderly
老公lǎo gōng(coll.) husband
老虎lǎo hǔtiger; 只 (zhī)
猛虎měng hǔfierce tiger
马虎 (馬虎)mǎ hucareless; sloppy
钳子 (鉗子)qián zipliers; pincers

See also: Japanese symbol for “vise”.

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.