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HSK 5
HSK 6
剪
jiǎn
1.
scissors
2.
shears
3.
clippers
4.
CL:[[把<bǎ>]]
5.
to cut with scissors
6.
to trim
7.
to wipe out or exterminate
Very Common • Top 3%
✏️ 11 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
修剪
xiūjiǎn
to prune
剪刀
jiǎndāo
scissors
剪子
jiǎnzi
clippers
剪彩
jiǎncǎi
to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)
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
疏剪
shūjiǎn
to prune
裁剪
cáijiǎn
to cut out
剪切
jiǎnqiē
to shear
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,226
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,679 of 84,292