箝
箝 — gyeom
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 재갈 겸
- Romanization
- gyeom
- English
- tweezers, pliers, tongs, pincers
- Mandarin
- qián
- Japanese on'yomi
- カン, ケン, ゲン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- す.げる くびかせ はさ.む
- Japanese usage
- Not on either list
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 竹 (118, 8 residual)
- Unicode
- U+7B9D
Parts that make up 箝
How 箝 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 箝 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 拑.
Korean example words with 箝
- 겸제箝制 Korean gloss: 말에 재갈을 물린다는 뜻으로, 자유를 구속하여 억누름을 이르는 말.
- 겸어하다箝語 Korean gloss: 입을 막아 말을 못 하게 하다.
- 겸구령箝口令 Korean gloss: 어떤 일의 내용을 말하지 말라는 명령.
- 겸구고장箝口枯腸 Korean gloss: 입에 재갈을 물리고 창자를 말린다는 뜻으로, 궁지에 빠져 말을 못 함을 이르는 말.
- 겸구물설하다箝口勿說 Korean gloss: 입을 다물고 말을 하지 않다.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 箝
- 箝口かんこう keeping silent; silence; restraining (speech)
- 箝口令をしくかんこうれいをしく to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
Other hanja read “겸”
Other hanja with radical 竹
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences