Chinese symbol for “prune”
修剪
xiū jiǎn
to prune; to trim
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prune is 修剪 (xiū jiǎn), defined as: to prune; to trim.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “prune”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剪枝 | jiǎn zhī | to prune (branches etc) |
| 修理 | xiū lǐ | to repair; to fix |
| 打杈 | dǎ chà | to prune (branches) |
| 紫红色 (紫紅色) | zǐ hóng sè | red-purple; mauve |
| 疏剪 | shū jiǎn | to prune |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 修剪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 修改 | xiū gǎi | to amend; to alter |
| 维修 (維修) | wéi xiū | maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain |
| 修正 | xiū zhèng | to revise; to amend; to rectify |
| 修复 (修復) | xiū fù | to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) |
| 修订 (修訂) | xiū dìng | to revise |
| 修建 | xiū jiàn | to build; to construct |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “prune”.
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.