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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 24, 2026, 12:40 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 24, 2026, 12:40 AM

Switched the positions of where the components show up (前 being introduced first rather than 刀, which is consistant with the top to bottom, left to right format).

Changed fields: components, strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
Meaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔslenʔ
Unicodetziɛ̌n

說文解字

《說文》:“(剪),齊斷也。从刀,歬聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica