How to write 剪

剪 [jiǎn] 动 1. 一种铰东西的用具：剪刀。 (A tool for cutting things: scissors.) 2. 像剪子的东西：火剪，夹剪，剪床。 (Something shaped like scissors: fire scissors, clippers, shears.) 3. 用剪子铰：剪断，剪开，剪影，剪报，剪纸，剪裁。 (To cut with scissors: to cut off, to open, to cut shadows, to clip news, to cut paper, to tailor.) 4. 除掉：剪除，剪灭。 (To eliminate: to cut off, to extinguish.) 名 1. 交刀，剪刀。 (A pair of scissors.) 2. 形状像剪刀的东西。 (A tool shaped like scissors.) 动 【本义】: 用剪刀铰断 (Original meaning: to cut with scissors.) 【造字法】: 形声。从刀，前声。 (Character formation: phonetic compound, with the component for "knife" and the initial "jian" sound.) 1. 同本义。本作“前”，通作“翦”，俗作“剪”。 (Same as the original meaning. Traditionally written as "前" and "翦," commonly as "剪.") 引 《说文》：剪，齐断也。 ("Shuo Wen": "Jian," meaning to cut evenly.) 《诗·召南·甘棠》：勿剪勿伐。 ("Book of Songs": "Do not cut or fell.") 例 剪截铺(衣料店)，剪筒(存放剪掉的蜡花的用具)，剪直(直截了当，径直)。 (Examples: Cutting shop (fabric store), scissor tube (a tool to store cut wax flowers), direct cut (to be straightforward).) 2. 砍伐 ;截断 (Cutting and breaking.) 引 南朝梁·丘迟《与陈伯之书》：松柏不剪。 (Northern Liang: "Pines and cypresses should not be cut.") 例 剪伐(砍伐;割刈)，剪断(切断，打断)。 (Examples: to fell trees, to cut off.) 3. 除灭。杀戮 (Elimination and killing.) 引 《吕氏春秋·制乐》：此文王之所以止殃剪妖也。 (Lu Shi Chun Qiu: "This is why King Wen stopped calamities and eliminated evils.") 例 剪屠(大肆杀戮)，剪覆(全部消灭)。 (Examples: to massacrate, to eliminate completely.) 4. 两手交叉。 (Crossing hands.) 例 如:反剪着手，剪手就缚。 (Examples: hands crossed behind, tying hands.) 5. 拦截。 (Intercept.) 引 《水浒传》：小人只在此大树坡剪径。 (Water Margin: "The villain only cuts paths here by the big tree slope.") 例 剪江(在江中破浪而行)。 (Examples: to cut at the river.) 6. 扫;挥动。 (Brandish.) 引 《水浒全传》：林冲把朴刀杆剪了一下，蓦地跳将出来。 (The Water Margin: Lin Chong swiped his wooden club, suddenly jumping out.) 7. 辩白，驳斥。 (Offer an explanation; refute.) 引 《古今小说》：张千、李万说一句，妇人就剪一句。 (Old and New Stories: "Zhang Qian and Li Wan said a word, and the woman retorted each time.") 名 1. 交刀，剪刀。 (A pair of scissors.) 引 清·孙枝蔚《思春辞》：断恨并州无快剪。 (Qing Dynasty: "Death’s regret, there are no good scissors in Bingzhou.") 例 磨剪，剪简(放蜡花的工具)。 (Examples: to sharpen scissors, scissor frames.) 2. 形状像剪刀的东西。 (A tool shaped like scissors.) 例 如:火剪，夹剪，烛剪。 (Examples: fire scissors, clippers, candle scissors.)