镊 (niè): tweezers

Meanings

护士用镊子夹起纱布。

Hùshi yòng nièzi jiā qǐ shābù.

The nurse picked up the gauze with tweezers.

用镊子把刺拔出来。

Yòng nièzi bǎ cì bá chūlái.

Use tweezers to pull out the splinter.

usage

Almost always seen as 镊子 (tweezers / forceps). As a verb it means to grip or pluck with tweezers.

radical

钅 jīn

metal

The metal radical, the left-side form of 金, marks this as a metal tool, here a pair of tweezers.

phonetic

聂 niè

to whisper; surname Nie

Supplies the sound directly: 聂 is read niè, the same phonetic seen in 摄 and 嗫.

镊 niè