Translingual

Han character

鋏 (radical 167 金+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金大人人 (CKOO), four-corner 8413₈)

1. tongs, pincers
2. dagger
3. sword

References

• KangXi: page 1307, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40450
• Dae Jaweon: page 1809, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4205, character 7
• Unihan data for U+92CF

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Definitions

鋏

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. scissors, shears
2. tongs, pincers

Readings

• Goon: きょう (kyō), けふ (historical)
• Kan’on: きょう (kyō), けふ (historical)
• Kun: はさみ (hasami), はさ.む (鋏む, hasamu), やとこ (yatoko), やっとこ (yattoko)

Etymology 1

鋏 (hasami): a pair of traditional Japanese shears or scissors.

鋏 (hasami): a pair of western-style scissors.

Originally the 連用形 ‎(ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 鋏む ‎(hasamu, “to be tightly between two things, to be inserted in between””),^[1][2] itself apparently deriving from hasa (“narrowness between other things”, likely cognate with 細 hoso, “skinny, narrowness within the thing itself”) + auxiliary suffix む ‎(mu, “to be or become like something”).

Cognate and homophonic with 挟, 挿 (​hasami): “being stuck in between other things”.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) はさみ​ [hàsámíꜜ] (Odaka - [3])^[2]
• (Tokyo) はさ​み [hàsáꜜmì] (Nakadaka - [2])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠sa̠mi]

Noun

鋏 ‎(hiragana はさみ, romaji hasami)

1. scissors, a pair of scissors
2. pincers or claws as found on a crab, lobster, or other arthropod
3. a punch as used to make a hole in a piece of paper

Usage notes

The scissors and punch senses are also found spelled 剪刀.

The arthropod pincers sense is also found spelled 螯 and 鉗.

Idioms

• 鋏 (はさみ)を入 (い)れる ‎(hasami o ireru): “to put the scissors in” → to cut with scissors; to punch a ticket; to trim vegetation or hair

Derived terms

Etymology 2

鋏 (yattoko): a pair of blacksmith's pincers

Probably originally an abbreviation of synonym yattokobasami,^[1] with the yattoko portion possibly an alteration of 焼き床 ‎(yakidoko, “the cooking bed of an oven, or the firing bed of a kiln”, possibly formerly read as yakitoko, literally “burning or cooking bed”), perhaps used as a dialect word referring to the forge; compare 火床 ‎(hidoko, “hearth; a firepit, such as beneath a boiler”, literally “fire bed”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) やっとこ [yàttókó] (Heiban - [0])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ja̠t̚to̞ko̞]

Alternative forms

• 矢床 (ateji)

Noun

鋏 ‎(hiragana やっとこ, romaji yattoko)

1. pincers, nippers, pliers, tongs, or grippers, specifically those used to hold a metal object being worked in blacksmithing

Synonyms

• 矢床鋏 (やっとこばさみ) ‎(yattokobasami)

Derived terms

External links

• http://tool.kigasuki.com/tukamu.html -- in Japanese.

Etymology 3

Probable variation from yattoko. Rare.^[1]

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ja̠to̞ko̞]

Noun

鋏 ‎(hiragana やとこ, romaji yatoko)

1. (rare) pincers, nippers, pliers, tongs, or grippers, more specifically those used to hold a metal object being worked in blacksmithing

Etymology 4

/kepu/ → /keɸu/ → /keu/ → /kjoː/

From Middle Chinese 鋏 ‎(kiɛp, “tongs, pincers”). Compare modern Cantonese reading gaap³.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• IPA^(key): [kjo̞ː]

Affix

鋏 ‎(hiragana きょう, romaji kyō, historical hiragana けふ)

1. pincers, scissors, tongs

Usage notes

Only found in compounds.

Derived terms

References

1. 1 2 3 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

Korean

Hanja

鋏 • ‎(hyeop) (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune-Reischauer hyŏp, Yale hyep)

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