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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
qián - pincers
- pliers
- tongs
- claw (of animal)
- to grasp with pincers
- to pinch
- to clamp
- to restrain
- to restrict
- to gag

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 10,037 15,599 24,986

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Metal

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 10,037 15,599 24,986
钳子 - 8 13,269 41,458 37,373
老虎钳 - - 30,110 96,324 87,199
火钳 - - 50,848 83,759 54,750
钳制 - - 51,451 53,115 51,937
虎钳 - - 65,186 - -
钳工 - - 66,937 42,620 69,013