鑷

See also: 镊

鑷 U+9477, 鑷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9477 ← 鑶 [U+9476] CJK Unified Ideographs 鑸 → [U+9478]

Translingual

Han character

鑷 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+18, 26 strokes, cangjie input 金尸十十 (CSJJ), four-corner 8114₁, composition ⿰釒聶)

References

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

Chinese

trad.		鑷
simp.		镊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
攝	*neːb, *ʔnjeb
聶	*neb
鑷	*neb
躡	*neb
襵	*nteb, *ʔnjeb
懾	*ʔnjeb
囁	*ʔnjeb, *njeb
欇	*ʔnjeb, *n̥ʰjeb, *ɦnjeb, *hnjeb
灄	*hnjeb
顳	*njeb
讘	*njeb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *neb) : semantic 金 + phonetic 聶 (OC *neb).

Etymology

Probably from the same word family as 入 (OC *njub, “to enter”) (STEDT); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): niè (nie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyie²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nip⁶
• Northern Min (KCR): niă
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liap / nih

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niè
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niè
    • Wade–Giles: nieh⁴
    • Yale: nyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nieh
    • Palladius: не (ne)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nyie²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: nie
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲiɛ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nip⁶
    • Yale: nihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːp̚²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nia²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liap
    • Tâi-lô: liap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nih
    • Tâi-lô: nih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩʔ⁵/

Note:

• liap - literary;
• nih - vernacular.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 鑷
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 (Hokkien)	/liap̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/niɛʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ŋiɛ⁴⁴/ /nia²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/niap̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/nip̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjep

Rime
Character	鑷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	葉 (156)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尼輒切
Baxter	nrjep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/niæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳjiap̚/
Li Rong	/njɛp̚/
Wang Li	/nĭɛp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nip6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*neb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鑷
Reading #	1/1
No.	9530
Phonetic component	聶
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	聶
Old Chinese	/*neb/
Notes	見釋名說文作籋

Definitions

鑷

1. tweezers; forceps; pincers
2. to nip by forceps

Compounds

• 刀鑷工／刀镊工
• 寶鑷／宝镊
• 鑷子／镊子 (nièzi)

 

References

• “鑷”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鑷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

鑷 • (seop) (hangeul 섭, revised seop, McCune–Reischauer sŏp, Yale sep)

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