剪
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(bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate; to edit (video, audio etc)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 刀 +9
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 剪
- Common rank
- #1,520
- Unicode
- U+526A
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 剪
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剪刀石头布 | rock-paper-scissors (game) | |
| 剪头发 | (to get a) haircut | |
| 剪草机 | lawnmower | |
| 剪应力 | shear stress | |
| 剪切形变 | shearing; shear deformation | |
| 剪接体 | (genetics) spliceosome | |
| 剪刀手 | V sign (hand gesture) | |
| 剪切力 | shear; shearing force | |
| 剪草除根 | see 斬草除根|斩草除根[zhan3 cao3 chu2 gen1] | |
| 打薄剪刀 | thinning scissors | |
| 剪切板 | (computing) clipboard | |
| 指甲剪 | nail clipper | |
| 剪子 | clippers; scissors; shears; CL:把[ba3] | |
| 剪头 | to get a haircut; to give sb a haircut | |
| 剪力 | shear; shearing force | |
| 剪成 | cut into | |
| 剪刀差 | (economics) price scissors | |
| 反剪 | with hands behind one's back; trussed | |
| 剪报 | newspaper cutting; clippings | |
| 剪片 | to edit a film or video |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 前 — compare how they read.