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剪
Jiǎn
1. surname Jian
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 11 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

剪
jiǎn
scissors; to cut, to divide, to separate
HSK 5 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

修剪
xiūjiǎn
to prune
剪刀
jiǎndāo
scissors
HSK 5
剪切
jiǎnqiē
to shear
剪力
jiǎnlì
shear
剪报
jiǎnbào
newspaper cutting
剪子
jiǎnzi
clippers
剪彩
jiǎncǎi
to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)
HSK 6
剪影
jiǎnyǐng
paper-cut silhouette
剪径
jiǎnjìng
to waylay and rob
剪成
jiǎnchéng
cut into
剪掉
jiǎndiào
to cut off
剪接
jiǎnjiē
film-editing
剪断
jiǎnduàn
to cut
剪枝
jiǎnzhī
to prune (branches etc)
剪纸
jiǎnzhǐ
papercutting (Chinese folk art)
剪䌽
jiǎncǎi
to cut the ribbon (at an opening)
剪裁
jiǎncái
to tailor (clothes)
剪辑
jiǎnjí
to edit (video images, film)
剪除
jiǎnchú
to eradicate
反剪
fǎnjiǎn
with hands behind one's back

Alternate Entries

剪
jiǎn
scissors / shears / clippers / CL:[[把<bǎ>]] / to cut with scissors / to trim / to wipe out or exterminate

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,226
Word Frequency Rank
2,679 of 84,292