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鋏

鋏 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「金」+音符「夾」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

scissors

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョウ
Kun (native)
  • はさみ
  • はさ(む)
  • つるぎ
Other languages
  • 拼音jia2
  • 한글hyeob
  • Hán-ViệtKiệp

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
金(かね)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+92CF

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰金夾

Words using this kanji

  • 鋏はさみscissors, shears, clippers, hole punch
  • 鋏やっとこpincers, nippers, pliers
  • 鋏むはさむto clip, to snip
  • 鋏虫はさみむしearwig
  • 鋏角きょうかくchelicera
  • 鋏角類きょうかくるい節足動物門鋏角亜門の動物の総称。Chelicerata, chelicerates
  • 鋏こんきょうこんnotch in a train ticket (from a ticket punch)
  • 鋏角亜門きょうかくあもんChelicerata

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(24 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-7
Four Corner
8413.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8a7.4
Heisig
2795
Nelson
4858