剪 jiǎn scissors; shears; clippers
Made up of [前 qián front; forward; ahead , 刀 dāo knife ]Made with 11 strokes.
The 'qian' is a rough phonetic while 'knife' underneath suggests cutting
Related characters
Also uses 前 qián component: 箭 jiàn (arrow)
Also uses 刀 dāo component: 初 chū (at first) 分 fēn (divide) 所 suǒ (actually) 照 zhào (according to)
Different tone
戋 jiān (narrow) 艰 jiān (difficult) 间 jiān (between) 健 jiàn (healthy) 见 jiàn (see) 渐 jiàn 建 jiàn (to establish) 间 jiàn (gap) 箭 jiàn (arrow)Pronunciation
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