剪 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「刀」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「刀」
- On
- セン
- Kun
- き.る・つ.む
- Meaning
- to clip; to prune
Origin
前 with a blade 刀: to trim things even with shears.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 剪定せんてい
pruning
- 剪断せんだん
shearing
Example
春先に庭木を剪定して形を整えた。
In early spring I pruned the garden trees into shape.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)