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箝

qián

Character

What 箝 means

1. pliers
2. pincers
3. to clamp

Characters built on 竹

These share the phonetic component 竹 (zhú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 签qiānto sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document…
• 篇piānsheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
• 箭jiànarrow
• 笺jiānletter; note-paper
• 笕jiǎnbamboo conduit; water pipe of bamboo
• 笾biānbamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets
• 筅xiǎnbamboo brush for utensils

Characters that look like 箝

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 箱xiāngbox; trunk; chest
• 颖yǐnghead of grain; husk; tip
• 樱yīngcherry
• 筷kuàichopstick
• 箍gūhoop; to bind with hoops
• 蓿xùclover; lucerne; Taiwan pr. sù

Sounds the same

Read qián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 前front; forward; ahead
• 钱coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 潜hidden; secret; latent
• 乾one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; male principle; ☰
• 黔(literary) black; to blacken
• 钳pincers; pliers; tongs
• 荨used in 荨麻; also pr. xún
• 虔to act with reverence; reverent
• 掮to carry on the shoulder
• 钤latch of door; seal
• 揵carry
• 拑pliers; pincers; to clamp