Chinese Character Wiki

翦

jiǎn

scissors

Components
前 sound component

前  Sound component

qián

  

in front

羽 meaning component

羽  Meaning component

yǔ

  

feather

feather

Evolution

翦 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
翦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
翦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

翦  

jiǎn

scissors; cut, clip; annihilate; variant of 剪[jiǎn]

翦  

Jiǎn

surname Jian

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts][e][n]ʔ

tsjenX

jiǎn

cut (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4765th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+7FE6

Shuowen

“翦，羽生也。一曰羽。从羽，前聲。”


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