Chinese symbol for “shears”

剪子

jiǎn zi

clippers; scissors; shears; measure word: 把 (bǎ)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shears is 剪子 (jiǎn zi), defined as: clippers; scissors; shears; measure word: 把 (bǎ).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

剪 jiǎn

scissors; to cut, to divide, to separate

radical 18 ⼑ · 11 strokes

子 zi

son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

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 “shears”.

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.