Hanja Analyzer
鑷

鑷 — seop

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
쪽집게 섭
Romanization
seop
English
tweezers, forceps, pincers
Mandarin
niè
Japanese on'yomi
ジョウ, ニョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
けぬき
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
26
Radical
金 (167, 18 residual)
Phonetic component
聶(섭)
Unicode
U+9477

Parts that make up 鑷

  • 金 쇠 금, 성(姓) 김 흙 속에 묻힌 쇳덩이쇠붙이와 쇠로 만든 것, 돈
  • 聶 소곤거릴 섭, 낄 섭, 성씨 섭sound 귀 셋을 맞댄 모양‘섭·녑’ 계열의 소리

How 鑷 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鑷 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 金, 聶.

Japanese words with 鑷

  • 鑷子せっし tweezers (esp. in a medical or laboratory setting); forceps

Characters sharing the phonetic 聶

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “섭” in Korean.

Other hanja read “섭”

Other hanja with radical 金

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