剪

jiǎn

scissors; to cut; to trim

Radical: 刀 HSK 5 v, g, vn pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

剪 decomposes into the following components:

前 刀

Semantic component: 刀; phonetic component: 前.

Words containing 剪

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 剪.

修剪
xiū jiǎn
删剪
shān jiǎn
剪刀
jiǎn dāo
剪切
jiǎn qiē
剪力
jiǎn lì
剪头
jiǎn tóu
剪子
jiǎn zi
剪彩
jiǎn cǎi
剪影
jiǎn yǐng
剪径
jiǎn jìng
剪成
jiǎn chéng
剪报
jiǎn bào

Related characters (radical 刀)

Characters that share the radical 刀.

⺈ 㓞 刀 刃 刅 分 切 初 券 劈

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