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剪刀

jiǎndāo

scissors

HSK 5 · Topic “Home and things”
An open pair of scissors
Memory picture

Characters in this word

剪 jiǎn

Strokes
11
Radical
刀 — knife
Made of
前 in front, forward 刀 knife
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

刀 dāo

Strokes
2
Radical
刀 — knife

Example phrases

  • 剪刀在桌上。 Jiǎndāo zài zhuō shang. The scissors are on the table.
  • 我用剪刀。 Wǒ yòng jiǎndāo. I use scissors.
  • 这把剪刀很快。 Zhè bǎ jiǎndāo hěn kuài. These scissors are very sharp.

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