Definitions

qiān short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc; skewer; prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc; (dialect) to stick in; to bolt (a door); to arrange (flowers in a vase); to graft (tree); to pedicure; to peel (an apple etc)

Etymology phono-semantic

hand

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A phono-semantic compound, 扦 uses the hand radical 扌 on the left to indicate an action involving physical manipulation. The right component, 千, provides the pronunciation "qian". As a verb, it means to insert or stick in, such as a plant cutting into soil for grafting. As a noun, it refers to a sharp peg or skewer used for piercing or sampling.