剪

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

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

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.

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)

   剪指甲  ―  jiǎn zhǐjia  ―  to cut one's nails

• 切 (qiē, “to slice”)

• “剪”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

剪 (eum 전 (jeon))

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剪: Hán Nôm readings: tiện, tiễn

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