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剪 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「刀」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「刀」
On
センせん · sen
Kun
き.る・つ.むki.ru · tsu.mu
Meaning
to clip; to prune

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

前 with a blade 刀: to trim things even with shears.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 剪定せんてい

    pruning

  • 剪断せんだん

    shearing

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

春先(はるさき)に庭木(にわき)を剪定(せんてい)して形(かたち)を整(ととの)えた。

In early spring I pruned the garden trees into shape.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

剪定剪断剪定decide断to cut…劈to spl…刀sword刃blade分to div…切to cut刋to cut仟thousa…阡a thou…吮to suc…芟to mow…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 刀Map of reading センAll maps

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