翦

翦 · jiǎn

scissors; cut, clip; annihilate

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
jiǎn
Cantonese
zin2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

scissors; cut, clip; annihilate

Dictionary definitions & readings

翦 Jiǎn · surname Jian

翦 jiǎn · variant of 剪 jiǎn

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53352.070:jiǎn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0551.040:jiǎn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
165.010:jiǎn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
jiǎn粵zin2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
セン きる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
전:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
即淺 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TBNM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8012.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0958.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
292.07 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0245i Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7FE6
Radical
羽 · 124
Strokes
15
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7809

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

15 strokes
翦
Strokes
15
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

15 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsjenX · 即淺 · 山開三上仙精 · #1630

PHONO-ML, source line 10858; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1075.502
kCowles
4554
kDaeJaweon
1404.130
kGSR
0245i
kHanYu
53352.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1404.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53352.070
kIRGKangXi
0958.110
kKangXi
0958.110
kLau
1481
kMatthews
876
kMeyerWempe
3361
kMorohashi
28752 28752:E0101
kNelson
0613
kSBGY
292.07
kSMSZD2003Index
540.19
kCangjie
TBNM
kFourCornerCode
8012.7
kMojiJoho
MJ020707 MJ020707:E0101 MJ020709:E0102 MJ020708:E0103
kPhonetic
188 196
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
BGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7465
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E6F9
kIRG_JSource
J0-6648
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6983
kIRG_KSource
K1-6C2C
kIRG_TSource
T2-5323
kRSUnicode
124.9
kTotalStrokes
15
kBigFive
E6F9
kCCCII
22756C
kCNS1986
2-5323
kCNS1992
2-5323
kEACC
22756C
kGB0
8469
kGB1
8469
kJis0
7040
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5054
kTGH
2013:7809
kTaiwanTelegraph
5054
kXerox
271:312
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6197+124.6.9
kCantonese
zin2
kDefinition
scissors; cut, clip; annihilate
kFanqie
即淺
kHangul
전:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53352.070:jiǎn
kJapanese
セン きる
kJapaneseKun
KIRU
kJapaneseOn
SEN
kKorean
CEN
kMandarin
jiǎn
kSMSZD2003Readings
jiǎn粵zin2
kTGHZ2013
165.010:jiǎn
kTang
*tziɛ̌n
kXHC1983
0551.040:jiǎn
kSemanticVariant
U+526A<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 翦0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
前 above 羽 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱前羽$(GHTKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱前羽$(GHTKP)

^⿱⿱䒑⿰⿵冂⺀刂羽$(J)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.