拑 Stroke Order
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Information of 拑
Pinyin
qián
Radical
扌
Strokes
8 strokes
Usage
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Definition
pliers / pincers / to clamp
拑 [qián]
1. Same as the original meaning (clamp; restrain).
引: According to "Shuowen Jiezi": 拑 means to coerce. Xu Hao's note: "From hand it is 拑, from bamboo it is 箝, from steel it is 钳; they can be used interchangeably."
例: For example, 拑击 (to clamp or attack from both sides).
2. It is interchangeable with “钳”. To close; to shut.
引: In "Records of the Grand Historian · Annals of Qin Shi Huang”: 拑口而不言 (to close the mouth and not speak).
引: In "Book of Han · Treatise on Five Elements”: Minister fears punishment and 拑口 (to be tight-lipped).
例: For example, 拑者 (a person who keeps silent).
3. To draw a rein; to rein in.
引: In "Gongyang Commentary · Year Fourteen of Duke Xuan": 拑马而秣之 (to pull the horse's rein and let it graze). Explanation: "To use a wooden piece in the horse's mouth."
例: For example, 拑勒 (to put a rein into the horse's mouth).