翦
Jiǎn

scissors

Components

前
前 Sound component
qián in front
羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather

feather

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsjenX[ts][e][n]ʔcut (v.)
Zhengzhangʔslenʔ
Unicodetziɛ̌n

說文解字

羽生也。一曰𠂕羽。从羽前聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)