Chinese

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cut with scissors; scissors knife
trad. (剪刀)
simp. #(剪刀)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (13) (5)
Final () (77) (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter tsjenX taw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡siᴇnX/ /tɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siɛnX/ /tɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sjænX/ /tɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sianX/ /taw/
Li
Rong
/t͡siɛnX/ /tɑu/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭɛnX/ /tɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯ɛnX/ /tɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǎn dāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zin2 dou1

Noun

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剪刀

  1. (countable) scissors (Classifier: )
    剪刀理髮剪刀理发  ―  yòng jiǎndāo lǐfà  ―  to cut hair with scissors

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old Turkic:
    • Turkmen: syndy (scissors used in carpet making)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
せん
Hyōgaiji
とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(せん)(とう) (sentōせんたう (sentau)?

  1. scissors

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
はさみ
Hyōgaiji Grade: 2
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 剪刀 – see the following entry.
はさみH
[noun] a (pair of) scissors
[noun] pincers or claws as found on a crab, lobster, or other arthropod
[noun] a punch as used to make a hole in a piece of paper
Alternative spellings
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(This term, 剪刀, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN