拑

拑 U+62D1, 拑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62D1 ← 拐 [U+62D0] CJK Unified Ideographs 拒 → [U+62D2]

Translingual

Han character

拑 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手廿一 (QTM), four-corner 5407₀, composition ⿰扌甘)

1. to clamp, tie down or pin down

Derived characters

• 㟛, 箝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 425, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11956
• Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1848, character 3
• Unihan data for U+62D1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		拑
alternative forms		鉗／钳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 拑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (甘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
紺	*kɯːms
姏	*mɡaːm
嵌	*sɡaːmʔ, *kʰraːm
甘	*kaːm
柑	*kaːm
苷	*kaːm
泔	*kaːm
坩	*kaːm, *kʰaːm
蚶	*ɢaːm, *ɢaːm
酣	*ɢaːm
甝	*ɢaːm
魽	*ɢaːm
邯	*ɡaːm, *ɡaːm
鉗	*ɡram
箝	*ɡram
黚	*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
拑	*ɡram

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qián (qian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kim⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khîⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qián
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²
    • Yale: chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kim⁴
    • Yale: kìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰĩ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /kʰĩ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: gjem

Rime
Character	拑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨淹切
Baxter	gjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiam/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛm/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kim4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡram/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	拑
Reading #	1/1
No.	3668
Phonetic component	甘
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	箝
Old Chinese	/*ɡram/

Definitions

拑

1. (Hokkien) to grab; to pinch; to cling; to grip tightly

   拑牆𬦰壁／拑墙𬦰壁 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  khîⁿ chhiûⁿ peh piah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   拑牢牢 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  khîⁿ-tiâu-tiâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to grab on for dear life, have a firm hold on

2. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to look after; to sustain; to tend (a family, etc.)
3. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) continuously; all along (used before 咧 (le̍h))

Compounds

• 拑家
• 拑扱
• 拑棺

Japanese

Kanji

拑

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. shut one's mouth

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kan’yō-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: はさむ (hasamu, 拑む)、つぐむ (tsugumu, 拑む)

Korean

Hanja

拑 (eum 겸 (gyeom))

1. to clamp
2. tie down or pin down

Vietnamese

Han character

拑: Hán Nôm readings: kiềm, cùm

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