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Keyword
tweezers
  • forceps
  • pliers
  • to nip
  • to pluck
Frequency
#5005
Strokes
15
Readings
niè
Mnemonic
钅 (metal) gives the meaning and 聂 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
镊子nièzi
tweezers; forceps
镊niè
(bound form) tweezers; to use tweezers (to grasp, pick up, or pull out etc, depending on whether the following resultative verb is 住 (zhù) or 起 (qǐ) or 出 (chū) etc)