剪
(bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate; to edit (video, audio etc)
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,520 U+526A
How 剪 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
刀 (semantic, “knife”) + 前 (phonetic, qián)
How to remember it
shears · Heisig RSH #304
dagger + butcher shop
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 前
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 前 (qián) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前 sound component | qián | in front, forward; former, preceding |
| 箭 | jiàn | arrow; a type of bamboo |
| 煎 | jiān | to fry in fat or oil; to boil in water |
| 湔 | jiān | to wash, to cleanse; to purge |
| 翦 | jiǎn | scissors; to cut, to clip; to annihilate |
Words containing 剪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剪刀石头布 | jiǎn dāo shí tou bù | rock-paper-scissors (game) |
| 剪头发 | jiǎn tóu fa | (to get a) haircut |
| 剪草机 | jiǎn cǎo jī | lawnmower |
| 剪应力 | jiǎn yìng lì | shear stress |
| 剪切形变 | jiǎn qiē xíng biàn | shearing; shear deformation |
| 剪接体 | jiǎn jiē tǐ | (genetics) spliceosome |
| 剪刀手 | jiǎn dāo shǒu | V sign (hand gesture) |
| 剪切力 | jiǎn qiē lì | shear; shearing force |
| 剪草除根 | jiǎn cǎo chú gēn | see 斬草除根|斩草除根[zhan3 cao3 chu2 gen1] |
| 打薄剪刀 | dǎ báo jiǎn dāo | thinning scissors |
| 剪切板 | jiǎn qiē bǎn | (computing) clipboard |
| 指甲剪 | zhǐ jia jiǎn | nail clipper |
| 剪子 | jiǎn zi | clippers; scissors; shears; CL:把[ba3] |
| 剪头 | jiǎn tóu | to get a haircut; to give sb a haircut |
| 剪力 | jiǎn lì | shear; shearing force |
| 剪成 | jiǎn chéng | cut into |
| 剪刀差 | jiǎn dāo chā | (economics) price scissors |
| 反剪 | fǎn jiǎn | with hands behind one's back; trussed |
| 剪报 | jiǎn bào | newspaper cutting; clippings |
| 剪片 | jiǎn piàn | to edit a film or video |