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剪

剪 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. はさみ。
  2. はさみで切る。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「刀」+音符「前」。「切る」を意味する漢語｛剪｝を表す字。もと「前」が｛剪｝を表す字であったが、「刀」を加えた（分化字）。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

clip, snip, cut

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セン
Kun (native)
  • き(る)
  • つ(む)
Other languages
  • 拼音jian3
  • 한글jeon
  • Hán-ViệtTiễn

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
刀(かたな)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+526A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱前刀

Words using this kanji

  • 剪るきるto cut, to prune, to trim (branches, leaves, flowers, etc.)
  • 剪裁せんさいcutting, trimming, shearing, pruning
  • 剪枝せんし樹木の枝を剪定すること。pruning (trees, shrubs, etc.)
  • 剪除せんじょ切って、除去すること。cutting off, cut(ting) out
  • 剪定せんてい樹木の生育を均一にしたり形をよくしたりするために枝を切り取ること。pruning, trimming
  • 剪刀せんとうscissors (esp. surgical scissors)
  • 剪毛せんもう羊毛などを刈り取ること。 毛織物を仕上げる工程において、表面に発生したけばを、織り目をはっきりさせたり、長さを均一にしたりすること。wool shearing
  • 剪裁機せんさいきshearing machine
  • 剪定鋏せんていばさみpruning shears
  • 剪定器せんていきpruner
  • 剪断加工せんだんかこうshear processing
  • 剪断安定性せんだんあんていせいshear stability

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(14 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-8
Four Corner
8022.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2o9.1
Heisig
2948
Nelson
599