剪 (jiǎn): meaning and stroke order
剪 (jiǎn) means (bound form) scissors or similar tool, to cut as with scissors.
剪
- Simplified
- 剪
- Traditional
- 剪 (same form)
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
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Stroke order of 剪
剪
- Jiǎn surname Jian
- jiǎn (bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors
- 11 strokes
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Meaning of 剪
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jiǎn
- (bound form) scissors or similar tool
- to cut as with scissors
- (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate
- to edit (video, audio etc)
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Jiǎn
- surname Jian
Radical and structure
- 剪
- Radical 刀 (Kangxi radical 18) · 11 strokes · 前 on top, 刀 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 剪
- 修剪 xiū jiǎn to prune; to trim
- 剪辑 jiǎn jí to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc); edited version
剪 in our stories
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当天晚上，这段视频被人剪了出来，放到网上，一夜之间有了两百万次播放。
dàngtiān wǎnshang zhè duàn shìpín bèi rén jiǎn le chūlai fàng dào wǎngshang yí yè zhījiān yǒu le liǎngbǎiwàn cì bōfàng
That night someone clipped the video and posted it online; overnight it got two million views.
From the story Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 剪
- Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).