鉗 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

shut up

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケン
  • カン
Kun (native)
  • つぐ(む)
  • くびかせ
Other languages
  • 拼音qian2
  • 한글gyeom
  • Hán-ViệtKiềm

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
金(かね)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9257

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰金甘

Words using this kanji

  • 鉗子かんし物を挟んだり牽引したりするのに使用する、主に外科手術で使われる器具。forceps
  • 鉗子分娩かんしぶんべん補助経腟分娩の方法の一つ。forceps delivery

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(3 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-5
Four Corner
8417.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8a5.3
Nelson
4836