剪

剪 U+526A, 剪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-526A ← 剩 [U+5269] CJK Unified Ideographs 剫 → [U+526B]

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Translingual

Han character

剪 (radical 18, 刀+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿月弓竹 (TBNH), four-corner 8022₇, composition ⿱前刀)

References

• KangXi: page 142, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2088
• Dae Jaweon: page 322, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 347, character 9
• Unihan data for U+526A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		剪
variant forms		前 𣦃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (前) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
媊	*ʔslel, *ʔslenʔ
煎	*ʔslen, *ʔslens
湔	*ʔslen, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn, *zleːn
鬋	*ʔslen, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens
剪	*ʔslenʔ
翦	*ʔslenʔ
譾	*ʔslenʔ
揃	*ʔslenʔ
箭	*ʔslens
葥	*ʔslens
前	*zleːn
騚	*zleːn
歬	*zleːn

Originally 𣦃 or 前, a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔslenʔ): phonetic 歬 (OC *zleːn) + semantic 刀 (“knife”). Since 前 has replaced 歬, an additional 刀 has been added.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chién
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziang² / ziêng³

• Wu (Wiktionary): ji (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: chien³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin²
    • Yale: jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chién
    • Hakka Romanization System: jien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jian³
    • IPA: /t͡ɕi̯en³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chián
    • Tâi-lô: tsián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛn⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziang² / ziêng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiáng / tsièng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ⁵²/, /t͡sieŋ²¹³/

Note:

• ziang2 - Shantou;
• ziêng3 - Chaozhou.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: ji (T2)
  • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁴/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 剪
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕian²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕian²¹³/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕian¹³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕiã⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/t͡siã⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡sian⁵³/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕiã⁵³/
	Xining	/t͡ɕiã⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕian⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕiɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕian⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕiɛn⁴²/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕian⁵³/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕian⁴²/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕiɛ̃⁵³/
	Nanjing	/t͡sien²¹²/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕiĩ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕie⁵³/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕie̞⁵³/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕie⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡ɕi³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡siɪ⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕiẽ̞⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕi³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡se³⁵/
	Tunxi	/t͡siɛ³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡siẽ⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/t͡siẽ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕiɛn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sien³¹/
	Taoyuan	/t͡sien³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sin³⁵/
	Nanning	/t͡sin³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sin³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡sian⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡sɛiŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡saiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡siaŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/t͡sin²¹³/ /ka²³/ 訓鉸

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡siᴇn^X/▼

Rime
Character	剪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即淺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sianX/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛnX/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslenʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	剪
Reading #	1/1
No.	10244
Phonetic component	前
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	翦
Old Chinese	/*ʔslenʔ/
Notes	原注翦俗字，但說文已列，剪實前之轉註字，翦反爲假借字

Definitions

剪

1. to cut (paper, etc.)

   剪草機 / 剪草机  ―  jiǎncǎojī  ―  lawnmower (lit. grass-cutting machine)

   剪刀  ―  jiǎndāo  ―  scissors (lit. cutting knife)

See also

• 切 (qiē, “to slice”)

Compounds

• 修剪 (xiūjiǎn)
• 倒背剪
• 冒雨剪韭
• 剪伐
• 剪刀 (jiǎndāo)
• 剪報／剪报
• 剪夏羅／剪夏罗
• 剪子 (jiǎnzi)
• 剪子股
• 剪床
• 剪影 (jiǎnyǐng)
• 剪徑／剪径
• 剪惡除奸／剪恶除奸
• 剪手
• 剪拂
• 剪接 (jiǎnjiē)
• 剪撲／剪扑
• 剪春羅／剪春罗
• 剪枝
• 剪燈新話／剪灯新话

• 剪燭西窗／剪烛西窗
• 剪直
• 剪票
• 剪票口
• 剪票夾／剪票夹
• 剪秋羅／剪秋罗
• 剪窗花
• 剪筒
• 剪紙／剪纸 (jiǎnzhǐ)
• 剪絕／剪绝
• 剪綵／剪彩
• 剪綹／剪绺
• 剪草機／剪草机 (jiǎncǎojī)
• 剪草除根
• 剪莽擁篲／剪莽拥篲
• 剪裁 (jiǎncái)
• 剪貼／剪贴 (jiǎntiē)
• 剪貼簿／剪贴簿
• 剪輯／剪辑 (jiǎnjí)
• 剪除 (jiǎnchú)

• 剪頭／剪头
• 剪髮／剪发 (jiǎnfà)
• 剪髮披緇／剪发披缁
• 反剪
• 夾剪／夹剪
• 夾剪艙／夹剪舱
• 并州剪
• 指甲剪 (zhǐjiajiǎn)
• 新聞剪影／新闻剪影
• 杭剪
• 火剪
• 燕剪
• 背剪
• 茅茨不剪
• 裁剪 (cáijiǎn)
• 討惡剪暴／讨恶剪暴
• 跑蹄剪尾
• 鉸剪／铰剪 (jiǎojiǎn)
• 鋼剪／钢剪
• 風剪／风剪

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Japanese

Kanji

剪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: きる (kiru, 剪る)

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Korean

Hanja

剪 • (jeon) (hangeul 전)

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Vietnamese

Han character

剪 (tiện, tiễn)

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