鋏

See also: 铗

鋏 U+92CF, 鋏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92CF ← 鋎 [U+92CE] CJK Unified Ideographs 鋐 → [U+92D0]

Translingual

Traditional	鋏
Shinjitai (extended)	𨦇
Simplified	铗

Han character

鋏 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金大人人 (CKOO), four-corner 8413₈, composition ⿰釒夾)

1. tongs, pincers
2. dagger
3. sword

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1307, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40450
• Dae Jaweon: page 1809, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4205, character 7
• Unihan data for U+92CF

Chinese

trad.		鋏
simp.		铗

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
瘞	*qrebs
瘱	*qeːbs
脥	*kʰemʔ
浹	*skaːb, *skeːb
挾	*skaːb, *ɡeːb
夾	*kreːb
郟	*kreːb
筴	*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
裌	*kreːb
鵊	*kreːb
狹	*ɡreːb
峽	*ɡreːb
硤	*ɡreːb
陜	*ɡreːb
陿	*ɡreːb
翜	*sraːb, *srɯːb
梜	*kraːb, *keːb
頰	*keːb
莢	*keːb
鋏	*keːb
蛺	*keːb
唊	*keːb
悏	*kʰeːb
匧	*kʰeːb
愜	*kʰeːb
篋	*kʰeːb
俠	*ɡeːb
綊	*ɡeːb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiá (jia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiá
    • Wade–Giles: chia²
    • Yale: jyá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jya
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaap³
    • Yale: gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: kep

Rime
Character	鋏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古協切
Baxter	kep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛp̚/
Li Rong	/kep̚/
Wang Li	/kiep̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gip3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鋏
Reading #	1/1
No.	5906
Phonetic component	夾
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	頰
Old Chinese	/*keːb/

Definitions

鋏

1. (of swords) the hilt

   長鋏歸來乎！食無魚。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
   长铗归来乎！食无鱼。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

   From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

   Chángjiá guīlái hū! Shí wú yú. [Pinyin]

   Long hilt sword, come on home [with me]! There's no fish in the food [here]!

Compounds

• 彈鋏 / 弹铗
• 彈鋏無魚 / 弹铗无鱼
• 鋏子 / 铗子 (jiázi)
• 鋏腳 / 铗脚
• 長鋏 / 长铗
• 馮諼彈鋏 / 冯谖弹铗
• 鱗鋏星鐔 / 鳞铗星镡