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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
jiǎn - surname Jian
jiǎn - (bound form) scissors or similar tool
- to cut as with scissors
- (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate
- to edit (video, audio etc)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 2,353 3,674 1,468

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Knife

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 2,353 3,674 1,468
剪刀 5 5 4,819 14,321 8,509
剪辑 - - 9,824 16,782 9,056
修剪 - - 10,607 21,134 20,114
剪子 - 5 11,747 48,103 27,741
剪报 - - 21,504 50,203 64,800
剪接 - - 22,195 48,047 33,547
剪裁 - - 26,342 18,229 9,861
剪彩 6 - 27,437 28,295 33,147
裁剪 - - 27,804 29,645 21,841
剪切 - - 31,256 23,506 34,559
剪纸 - - 31,291 21,376 17,467
剪影 - - 33,299 39,762 21,062
剪草机 - - 40,298 - -
指甲剪 - - 45,236 - -
剪除 - - 56,323 51,405 85,543
剪枝 - - 64,070 81,291 93,294
剪贴板 - - 67,407 - 104,196