# 鑷

| 鑷 | U+9477, &#38007; 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 8114$_1$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (nie$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyie$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nip$^6$
* Northern Min (KCR): niă
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liap / nih
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niè
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: niè
*** Wade–Giles: nieh$^4$
*** Yale: nyè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nieh
*** Palladius: не (ne)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nyie$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: nie
*** Sinological IPA : /nʲiɛ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nip$^6$
*** Yale: nihp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nip$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nib$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /niːp̚²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niă
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* liap - literary;
* nih - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit鑷 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /niɛ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /niɛ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /nie⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ȵiə²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /niə⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /niɛ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /niɛ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ȵi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /nie¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ȵiə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ȵiɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /nie²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ȵie³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /nie²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /niɛ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /lieʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /liɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /niəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɳʌʔ⁵³/ ～子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | /niaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵiɪʔ¹/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ȵiəʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ȵiəʔ²/ |
| Wu | 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/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /nip̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /nip̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /liap̚⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /niɛʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ŋiɛ⁴⁴/ /nia²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /niap̚²/ |
| Min | 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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ni̯ɛp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | niè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | nip$^6$ |
* 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)

### References

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

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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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