Chinese symbol for “clippers”
剪子
jiǎn zi
clippers; scissors; shears; measure word: 把 (bǎ)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for clippers is 剪子 (jiǎn zi), defined as: clippers; scissors; shears; measure word: 把 (bǎ).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 剪子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剪辑 (剪輯) | jiǎn jí | to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc); edited version |
| 剪刀 | jiǎn dāo | scissors; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 修剪 | xiū jiǎn | to prune; to trim |
| 剪纸 (剪紙) | jiǎn zhǐ | papercutting (Chinese folk art); to make paper cutouts |
| 剪掉 | jiǎn diào | to cut off; to cut away |
| 剪影 | jiǎn yǐng | paper-cut silhouette; outline |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
See also: Japanese symbol for “clippers”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.