Memory phrase for the character: 剪

剪

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Meaning to cut (with scissors), shears, to trim

Pronunciation

jiǎn

Explanation

Top: front 前 (Where from the sheep's 羊 head, meat 月/肉 is cut刂, is the front), bottom: sword 刀

Mnemonic
 
At the front your knife should start when shearing (a sheep).

Radicals

前 front
刀 knife, swordvariations are: blade 刃 and 刅
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 Vocabulary

修剪 xiū jiǎn  to prune; to trim
剪刀 jiǎn dāo  scissors
剪切 jiǎn qiē  to shear; shearing (force)
剪切 jiǎn qiē  

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