一切經音義 56.45

56.45

Iron tongs (鐵鉆: qí + lián fanqie; the Shuowen jiezi states: "An iron pincers (鋷)"; it means tweezers used to pick up things; the Cang Jie pian states: "To grip and hold"; the Tongsu wen states: "A blacksmith's tool is called zhān (鉆)"; the scripture text writes it as 鉗, which means using iron to bind a person; 鉗 is not used for this; 鋷 is pronounced nú + shè fanqie).