Read Edit View history 剪 jiǎnJiǎn 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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475 745 Q 482 757 479 772 Q 475 794 458 806 Q 436 824 397 834 Q 382 838 373 835 Q 367 834 370 823 Q 371 813 384 799 Z", "M 595 730 Q 692 817 705 824 Q 724 837 712 853 Q 696 868 669 878 Q 644 888 632 883 Q 620 880 626 868 Q 633 840 566 730 Q 565 729 564 726 C 550 700 573 710 595 730 Z", "M 564 726 Q 539 725 516 720 Q 347 701 149 679 Q 127 678 143 659 Q 158 644 176 639 Q 198 632 215 637 Q 440 698 845 699 Q 869 699 893 698 Q 914 698 919 707 Q 925 719 908 733 Q 854 775 815 766 Q 730 750 595 730 L 564 726 Z", "M 309 443 Q 310 473 311 494 L 312 516 Q 312 552 315 568 C 317 584 317 584 307 592 Q 304 596 299 598 Q 274 610 260 608 Q 248 604 254 595 Q 290 523 258 403 Q 239 346 266 315 Q 272 305 281 309 Q 308 330 309 417 L 309 443 Z", "M 315 568 Q 322 571 332 574 Q 429 596 444 591 Q 451 588 455 572 Q 459 478 453 405 Q 452 390 443 388 Q 436 384 391 389 Q 381 390 382 384 Q 383 378 396 372 Q 421 350 441 327 Q 453 315 464 317 Q 474 318 488 346 Q 504 374 504 404 Q 503 476 501 542 Q 500 567 512 588 Q 522 601 510 612 Q 495 624 463 635 Q 447 642 432 633 Q 419 626 392 617 Q 338 601 307 592 C 278 584 287 558 315 568 Z", "M 311 494 L 402 509 Q 420 513 413 522 Q 404 532 384 536 Q 363 537 312 516 C 284 505 281 489 311 494 Z", "M 309 417 Q 309 418 310 418 Q 365 428 406 435 Q 425 439 417 450 Q 407 462 386 464 Q 350 467 309 443 C 283 428 281 405 309 417 Z", "M 566 590 Q 587 538 576 445 Q 573 424 594 398 Q 601 389 609 399 Q 619 418 621 485 Q 621 548 625 567 Q 629 586 613 594 Q 600 601 586 608 Q 576 612 569 607 Q 562 601 566 590 Z", "M 687 417 Q 677 418 663 419 Q 653 422 653 416 Q 654 409 662 402 Q 702 365 730 333 Q 740 326 752 339 Q 788 388 777 498 Q 773 522 775 608 Q 779 630 775 639 Q 768 651 735 667 Q 722 676 712 669 Q 703 662 714 644 Q 727 617 728 441 Q 724 414 701 414 Q 694 415 687 417 Z", "M 487 245 Q 568 258 637 263 Q 667 264 671 255 Q 681 242 675 207 Q 666 111 643 69 Q 624 35 593 41 Q 568 48 545 57 Q 518 66 536 39 Q 581 -7 600 -44 Q 618 -66 637 -49 Q 701 -7 733 150 Q 739 220 766 254 Q 779 267 774 279 Q 764 292 709 319 Q 687 329 665 316 Q 631 300 507 280 Q 381 259 276 259 Q 257 260 253 250 Q 252 243 275 228 Q 300 209 323 216 Q 387 229 448 239 L 487 245 Z", "M 448 239 Q 421 88 156 -31 Q 147 -35 152 -41 Q 180 -57 287 -13 Q 381 20 479 145 Q 495 164 515 182 Q 525 189 522 201 Q 519 213 487 245 C 466 266 454 268 448 239 Z" ] } 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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