翦

翦	U+7FE6, 翦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FE6

← 翥
[U+7FE5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

翧 →
[U+7FE7]

Translingual

Han character

翦 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿月弓一 (TBNM), four-corner 8012₇, composition ⿱前羽)

scissors
cut, clip
annihilate

References

KangXi: page 958, character 11

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28752

Dae Jaweon: page 1404, character 13

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3352, character 7

Unihan data for U+7FE6

Chinese

trad.		翦
simp. ^#		翦
alternative forms		𦑳 ancient

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (前) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
媊	ʔslel, ʔslenʔ
煎	ʔslen, ʔslens
湔	ʔslen, ʔslens, ʔsleːn, zleːn
鬋	ʔslen, ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens
剪	*ʔslenʔ
翦	*ʔslenʔ
譾	*ʔslenʔ
揃	*ʔslenʔ
箭	*ʔslens
葥	*ʔslens
前	*zleːn
騚	*zleːn
歬	*zleːn

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ
(Chengdu, SP): jian³
Cantonese (Jyutping): zin²
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chián
(Teochew, Peng'im): ziang² / ziêng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chien³
  - Yale: jyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛn²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: jian³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gian
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zin²
  - Yale: jín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵/
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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziang² / ziêng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiáng / tsiéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ⁵²/, /t͡sieŋ⁵²/

Note:

ziang2 - Shantou;
ziêng2 - Chaozhou.

Middle Chinese: /t͡siᴇn^X/

Rime
Character	翦
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	/t͡siᴇn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sian^X/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛn^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛn^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts][e][n]ʔ/
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔslenʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	翦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjen^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts][e][n]ʔ/
English	cut (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	翦
Reading #	1/1
No.	10245
Phonetic component	前
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	翦
Old Chinese	/*ʔslenʔ/

Definitions

翦

^† Alternative form of 剪 (jiǎn, “to cut; to clip”).
- 蔽芾甘棠，勿翦勿伐，召伯所茇。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Bìfú gāntáng, wù jiǎn wù fá, Shào Bó suǒ bá. [Pinyin]
  [This] umbrageous sweet pear-tree;
  Clip it not, hew it not down.
  Under it the chief of Shao lodged.
to eliminate; to annihilate
- 后稷之孫、實維大王。
  居岐之陽、實始翦商。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  后稷之孙、实维大王。
  居岐之阳、实始翦商。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Hòu Jì zhī sūn, shí wéi Tài wáng.
  Jū Qí zhī yáng, shí shǐ jiǎn Shāng. [Pinyin]
  Among Lord Millet's offspring; there was the Grand King.
  South of Qi was his dwelling, whence the annihilation of Shang took its beginning.

Compounds

不翦
明如翦
翦拂
翦枝竭流
翦翦
翦草除根

翦落 (jiǎnluò)
翦除 (jiǎnchú)
翦徑／翦径
翦截鋪／翦截铺
翦滅／翦灭 (jiǎnmiè)

翦綵／翦彩
翦綹／翦绺
西窗翦燭／西窗翦烛
闕翦／阙翦
雙瞳翦水／双瞳翦水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zin²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chien³
  - Yale: jyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zin²
  - Yale: jín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /t͡siᴇn^X/

Rime
Character	翦
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	/t͡siᴇn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sian^X/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛn^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛn^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts][e][n]ʔ/
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔslenʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	翦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjen^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts][e][n]ʔ/
English	cut (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	翦
Reading #	1/1
No.	10245
Phonetic component	前
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	翦
Old Chinese	/*ʔslenʔ/

Definitions

翦

a surname
翦伯贊／翦伯赞 ― Jiǎn Bózàn ― Jian Bozan

Japanese

Kanji

翦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せん (sen)
Kun: きる (kiru, 翦る)

Korean

Hanja

翦 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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