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剪
剪
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Translingual
Han character
剪 (radical 18 刀+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿月弓竹 (TBNH), four-corner 80227, composition ⿱前刀)
References
- KangXi: page 142, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2088
- Dae Jaweon: page 322, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 347, character 9
- Unihan data for U+526A
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
剪 | |
|---|---|---|
| alt. forms |
前 𣦃 |
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Glyph origin
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.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
- Wade-Giles: chien3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zin2
- Yale: jín
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzin2
- IPA (key): /t͡siːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chién
- Hakka Romanization System: jien`
- Hagfa Pinyim: jian3
- IPA: /t͡ɕi̯en³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chián
- Tâi-lô: tsián
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciern
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛn⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 剪 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕian²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin | /t͡ɕian²¹³/ | |
| Tianjin | /t͡ɕian¹³/ | |
| Jinan | /t͡ɕiã⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao | /t͡siã⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /t͡sian⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡ɕiã⁵³/ | |
| Xining | /t͡ɕiã⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡ɕian⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /t͡ɕiɛ̃n⁴⁴²/ | |
| Ürümqi | /t͡ɕian⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡ɕiɛn⁴²/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡ɕian⁵³/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡ɕian⁴²/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡ɕiɛ̃⁵³/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡sien²¹²/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡ɕiĩ²⁴/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕie⁵³/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡ɕie̞⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡ɕie⁵³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡ɕi³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡siɪ⁵¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡ɕiẽ̞⁵³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡ɕi³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡se³⁵/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡siɛ³¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡siẽ⁴¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡siẽ⁴²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕiɛn²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sien³¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /t͡sien³¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sin³⁵/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sin³⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sin³⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /t͡sian⁵³/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /t͡sɛiŋ³²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /t͡saiŋ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /t͡siaŋ⁵³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/t͡sin²¹³/ /ka²³/ 訓鉸 |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 剪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 即淺切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡siᴇnX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡siɛnX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡sjænX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡sianX/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡siɛnX/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡sĭɛnX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡si̯ɛnX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jiǎn |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 剪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10244 |
| Phonetic component |
前 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
翦 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ʔslenʔ/ |
| Notes | 原注翦俗字，但說文已列，剪實前之轉註字，翦反爲假借字 |
Verb
剪
- to cut (paper, etc.)
Derived terms
See also
- 切 (qiē, “to slice”)
Japanese
Kanji
剪
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
剪 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune-Reischauer chŏn)
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