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鋏 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「金」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「金」
On
キョウきょう · kyō
Kun
はさみ・はさ.む・つるぎhasami · hasa.mu · tsurugi
Meaning
scissors

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Metal 金 with 夾, to pinch between, as phonetic: the blade that grips and cuts.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鋏はさみ

    scissors

  • 鋏むはさむ

    to pinch between

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

鋏(はさみ)で紙(かみ)を切(き)る。

They cut the paper with scissors.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

鋏釵an orn…鈑sheet…鈞a unit…鈕a knob鈔an exc…孒mosqui…匈the Xi…夾to hol…冏bright羌the Qi…
RadicalReading
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