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)

1. scissors
2. to cut, clip
3. annihilate

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jian³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziang² / ziêng²

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• 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): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jian³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin²
    • Yale: jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chián
    • Tâi-lô: tsián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziang² / ziêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiáng / tsiéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ⁵²/, /t͡sieŋ⁵²/

Note:

• ziang2 - Shantou;
• ziêng2 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: tsjenX

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
Baxter	tsjenX
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
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	‹ tsjenX ›
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

1. ^† 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.

2. 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
• 翦徑／翦径
• 翦截鋪／翦截铺
• 翦拂
• 翦枝竭流
• 翦滅／翦灭 (jiǎnmiè)
• 翦綹／翦绺
• 翦綵／翦彩
• 翦翦
• 翦草除根
• 翦落 (jiǎnluò)
• 翦除 (jiǎnchú)
• 西窗翦燭／西窗翦烛
• 闕翦／阙翦
• 雙瞳翦水／双瞳翦水

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin²

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• 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): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin²
    • Yale: jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵/

Definitions

翦

1. 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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