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
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸gniq

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.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁸gniq
  - MiniDict: nyih^入
  - MiniDict: nyeh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵nyiq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɪʔ¹²/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /n̠ʲiɪʔ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /n̠ʲiəʔ²³/

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/
Hui	Tunxi	/ȵia⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/ȵie²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ȵie²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵiɛʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋiap̚¹/
Hakka	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/

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

tweezers; forceps; pincers
to nip by forceps

Compounds

刀鑷工 / 刀镊工
寶鑷 / 宝镊
鑷子 / 镊子 (nièzi)

Descendants

→ Tai:
- → Vietnamese: nhíp

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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