jiǎn
cut
Phonosemantic compound. 刀 represents the meaning and 前 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 剪
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
scissors | ||
scissors | ||
to edit (video images, film) | ||
to prune | ||
to tailor (clothes) |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 16.3543% of movies
1485th most common character in movies
2227th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+526A |
Shuowen | “（剪），齊斷也。从刀，歬聲。” |
Sources
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