Memory phrase for the Kanji: 剪


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Meaning to cut (with scissors), shears, to trim

Pronunciation

jiǎn

Explanation

Top: front (Where from the sheep's head, meat / is cut, is the front), bottom: sword

Mnemonic


 
At the front your knife should start when shearing (a sheep).

Radicals

front
knife, swordvariantes are: blade and 刅
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 Vocabulary

 修剪  xiū jiǎn  to prune; to trim
 剪刀  jiǎn dāo  scissors
 剪切  jiǎn qiē  to shear; shearing (force)
 剪切  jiǎn qiē  


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