jiǎn

to cut with scissors; to trim; scissors

HSK 5 #2227

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 2227th character
Radical ⼑ (18.9)
Strokes 11
Index # 2406

Definitions

剪 jiǎn
  1. 1. to cut with scissors
  2. 2. to trim
  3. 3. scissors
  4. 4. clippers
  5. 5. shears
  6. 6. to wipe out or exterminate
  7. 7. surname Jian
  8. 8. CL

Stroke order

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Words containing 剪

Word Meaning
scissors
to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)
to edit (video images, film)
to trim; to prune
scissors; shears; clippers
newspaper cutting; clippings
film-editing; to cut or edit film; montage
to tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure)
to cut out
to shear; (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste")
papercutting (Chinese folk art); to make paper cutouts
outline; paper-cut silhouette; sketch
lawnmower
nail clipper
to eradicate; to exterminate
to prune (branches etc)
clipboard (computing)
to cut (from a movie etc); to censor
to cut (from a movie etc); to censor
prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)
rock-paper-scissors (game)
rock-paper-scissors (game)
shearing force; shear
shearing; shear deformation
shearing; shear deformation
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