Read Edit View history Discussion 剪 jiǎn HSK5 cut Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 刀 represents the meaning and 前 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas jiǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 剪 Simp strokes 剪 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 剪 Simp strokes 剪 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 剪 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 379, 827 ], [ 443, 780 ], [ 458, 756 ] ], [ [ 633, 874 ], [ 654, 855 ], [ 661, 838 ], [ 596, 748 ], [ 574, 739 ] ], [ [ 146, 669 ], [ 198, 659 ], [ 424, 694 ], [ 825, 733 ], [ 858, 730 ], [ 907, 713 ] ], [ [ 265, 598 ], [ 287, 577 ], [ 293, 525 ], [ 276, 319 ] ], [ [ 317, 575 ], [ 327, 586 ], [ 445, 614 ], [ 462, 609 ], [ 481, 593 ], [ 479, 410 ], [ 472, 376 ], [ 457, 358 ], [ 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177,-20C142,-35 148,-50 185,-44C368,-11 469,126 515,182C525,196 529,203 487,245C478,254 451,252 448,239Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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