Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) 鑷 Kangxi strokes: 26 Page 1327, Entry 15 Guangyun and Zhengyun: Pronounced nie. Jiyun: Pronounced nie. Pronounced nie. Tweezers. Shiming (Interpretation of Names): Tweezers, to take. To take or pick up objects. Yunxian Zaji (Miscellaneous Records of Cloud Immortals): In his later years, Wang Sengqian disliked his white hair. One day, while meeting guests, his attendants brought him bronze tweezers. Sengqian remarked, "The gentleman who keeps away old age has arrived; hopefully, this will suffice." Also refers to hair ornaments. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Treatise on Carriages and Clothing: Hairpins were made of tortoiseshell as the stem, one foot in length, with the end shaped as a floral victory, surmounted by a phoenix bird, with feathers made of kingfisher plumes, and white pearls hanging below, along with gold tweezers. Cui Yuan, Inscription on the Hairpin: A hairpin with three pearls and a jade pendant, tweezers for the hair, polished and bright. Jiyun: Sometimes also written in a variant form (luo). Leipian (Category Compilation): Also written in a variant form (zhe).