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Translingual

Han character

(radical 167 +18, 26 strokes, cangjie input 金尸十十 (CSJJ), four-corner 81141)

  1. tweezers, forceps, pincers

References

  • KangXi: page 1327, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41069
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1828, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4274, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+9477

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*neːb, *ʔnjeb
*neb
*neb
*neb
*nteb, *ʔnjeb
*ʔnjeb
*ʔnjeb, *njeb
*ʔnjeb, *n̥ʰjeb, *ɦnjeb, *hnjeb
*hnjeb
*njeb
*njeb

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /niɛ⁵¹/
Harbin /niɛ⁵³/
Tianjin /nie⁵³/
Jinan /ȵiə²¹/
Qingdao /niə⁴²/
Zhengzhou /niɛ²⁴/
Xi'an /niɛ²¹/
Xining /ȵi⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /nie¹³/
Lanzhou /ȵiə¹³/
Ürümqi /ȵiɤ²¹³/
Wuhan /nie²¹³/
Chengdu /ȵie³¹/
Guiyang /nie²¹/
Kunming /niɛ³¹/
Nanjing /lieʔ⁵/
Hefei /liɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /niəʔ²/
Pingyao /ɳʌʔ⁵³/ ~子
Hohhot /niaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /ȵiɪʔ¹/
Suzhou /ȵiəʔ³/
Hangzhou /ȵiəʔ²/
Wenzhou /ȵi²¹³/
Hui Shexian /neʔ²¹/
Tunxi /ȵia⁵/
Xiang Changsha /ȵie²⁴/
Xiangtan /ȵie²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /ȵiɛʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /ŋiap̚¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /nip̚²/
Nanning /nip̚²²/
Hong Kong /nip̚²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /liap̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /niɛʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ŋiɛ⁴⁴/
/nia²⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /niap̚²/
Haikou (Min Nan) /nip̚⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (12)
Final () (156)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɳˠiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɳᵚiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/niæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɳjiap̚/
Li
Rong
/njɛp̚/
Wang
Li
/nĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ni̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
niè
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9530
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*neb/
Notes

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 刀鑷工刀镊工
  • 寶鑷宝镊

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On: じょう (jō)
  • Kun: けぬき (kenuki), くぎぬき (kuginuki)

Korean

Hanja

(seop) (hangeul , revised seop, McCune-Reischauer sŏp, Yale sep)

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