剪 jiǎn scissors; shears; clippers

Made up of [前 qián front; forward; ahead , 刀 dāo knife ]
Made with 11 strokes.

The 'qian' is a rough phonetic while 'knife' underneath suggests cutting

Related characters


Also uses 前 qián component: 箭 jiàn (arrow)
Also uses 刀 dāo component: 初 chū (at first) 分 fēn (divide) ; 所 suǒ (actually) ; 照 zhào (according to)

Sounds same

蹇 jiǎn

Different tone

戋 jiān (narrow) ; 艰 jiān (difficult) ; 间 jiān (between) ; 健 jiàn (healthy) ; 见 jiàn (see) ; 渐 jiàn ; 建 jiàn (to establish) ; 间 jiàn (gap) ; 箭 jiàn (arrow)

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Pronunciation

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