Kiokun Logo
剪
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

shears

HSK 5
Human →Actions
jiǎn
セン
き.る、つ.む
전
Phonosemantic compound. 刀 represents the meaning and 前 represents the sound.
Components
刀 sword+ 前 front =
剪 shears
刀 Meaning component
dāo sword
knife
前 Phonetic component
qián front
in front, forward
View phonetic series →
Notes
Similar Characters
刅 to create切 cut券 voucher劈 split契 contract亡 deceased刃 blade分 divide/minute初 elementary勿 not叚 fake方 direction絕 discontinue (trad)绝 sever (simp)解 untie叨 talkative召 summon忉 distressed湔 cleanse煎 saute
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
剪
Regular
Modern
Chinese
剪 [Jiǎn]
surname Jian
剪 [jiǎn]
scissors; shears; clippers; CL:把[bǎ]; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (57)
剪刀 [jiǎn​dāo] #4,819
scissors
剪辑 [jiǎn​jí] #9,824
to edit (video images, film)
剪辑 [jiǎn​jí] #9,824
to edit (video images, film)
修剪 [xiū​jiǎn] #10,607
to prune
剪裁 [jiǎn​cái] #26,342
to tailor (clothes)
剪子 [jiǎn​zi] #11,747
clippers
剪纸 [jiǎn​zhǐ] #31,291
papercutting (Chinese folk art)
剪纸 [jiǎn​zhǐ] #31,291
papercutting (Chinese folk art)
剪切 [jiǎn​qiē] #31,256
to shear
剪彩 [jiǎn​cǎi] #27,437
to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)
47 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (27)
⭐ 鋏 [はさみ] #17,016
scissors
剪定 [せんてい] #38,054
pruning
剪刀 [せんとう] #124,114
scissors (esp. surgical scissors)
剪る [きる] #124,388
to cut
鋏む [はさむ] #131,719
to clip
剪定鋏 [せんていばさみ] #148,841
pruning shears
剪枝 [せんし] #228,009
pruning (trees, shrubs, etc.)
はさみ切る [はさみきる] #233,163
to snip (off)
せん断 [せんだん] #235,496
shear
剪裁 [せんさい] #262,915
cutting
17 more items