删剪
shān​jiǎn

censor

删 shān to cut Simplified

To cut 刂 out passages from a book 册

Components

册
册 Meaning component
cè book
刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsraːn
Unicodeshran

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica

剪 jiǎn cut

Phonosemantic compound. 刀 represents the meaning and 前 represents the sound.

Components

前
前 Sound component
qián in front
刀
刀 Meaning component
dāo knife

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

谫

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔslenʔ
Unicodetziɛ̌n

說文解字

《說文》：“（剪），齊斷也。从刀，歬聲。”

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

刪 to cut Traditional

To cut 刂 out passages from a book 冊

Components

冊
冊 Meaning component
cè book
刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsraːn

說文解字

剟也。从刀、冊。冊，書也。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)