pincers / pliers / tongs / claw (of animal) / to grasp with pincers / to pinch / to clamp / to restrain / to restrict / to gag

钳 character breakdown

surname Gan / abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 甘 just looks like a cow's head to me.

In front of the anthill, Guy Fawkes wants to drink the cow's sweet, sweet milk. He already organized a capacitor as electric shocker. The cow is not willing to surrender at all, though: she is ready to defend herself with a double axe.
sweet / willing

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 甘 just looks like a cow's head to me.

In front of the anthill, Guy Fawkes wants to drink the cow's sweet, sweet milk. He already organized a capacitor as electric shocker. The cow is not willing to surrender at all, though: she is ready to defend herself with a double axe.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

Mnemonic symbol: a golden harpoon.

Characters with 钳 as component

钳 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 钳

pliers / pincers / tongs / forceps / vise / clamp / claw (of a crab etc) / CL:把[ba3] / (dialect) earring
to suppress / to muzzle / to gag
to suppress; to muzzle; to gag
fitter / benchwork
with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom) / (of a marching army) in utter silence
to clamp down; to suppress
(bird species of China) Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans)

Sentences with 钳

钳 currently does not appear in any sentence.