剪

jiǎn

“Scissors or similar tool” in Chinese is 剪 (jiǎn).

Other characters with the syllable jian: see all 33 →

Meaning

bound formscissors or similar tool
to cut as with scissors
bound formto wipe out; to exterminate

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to edit (video, audio etc)
surname Jian

Example

石头剪刀布！

Rock-paper-scissors, shoot!

From 剪刀 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Words containing 剪

剪刀jiǎndāoscissorsHSK 5 剪子jiǎnziclippersHSK 5

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