剪

Translingual

Han character

剪 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿月弓竹 (TBNH), four-corner 8022₇, composition ⿱前刀)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 142, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2088
• Dae Jaweon: page 322, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 347, character 9
• Unihan data for U+526A

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Chinese

trad.		剪
simp. #		剪
alternative forms		前 𣦃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (前) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
媊	*ʔslel, *ʔslenʔ
煎	*ʔslen, *ʔslens
湔	*ʔslen, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn, *zleːn
鬋	*ʔslen, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens
剪	*ʔslenʔ
翦	*ʔslenʔ
譾	*ʔslenʔ
揃	*ʔslenʔ
箭	*ʔslens
葥	*ʔslens
前	*zleːn
騚	*zleːn
歬	*zleːn

Originally 𣦃 or 前, a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔslenʔ) : phonetic 歬 (OC *zleːn) + semantic 刀 (“knife”). Since 前 has replaced 歬, an additional 刀 has been added.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 剪

1. to cut (paper, etc.)

   剪草機／剪草机  ―  jiǎncǎojī  ―  lawnmower (lit. grass-cutting machine)

   剪刀  ―  jiǎndāo  ―  scissors (lit. cutting knife)

See also

• 切 (qiē, “to slice”)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

剪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: きる (kiru, 剪る)

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Korean

Hanja

剪 (eum 전 (jeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

剪: Hán Nôm readings: tiện, tiễn

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