# 翦

| 翦 | U+7FE6, &#32742; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FE6 |
| ← 翥 [U+7FE5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 翧 → [U+7FE7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

翦 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿月弓一 (TBNM), four-corner 8012$_7$, composition ⿱前羽)
* scissors
* to cut, clip
* annihilate

#### Derived characters

* 𢸄, 𰝨, 譾, 𫍿

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 958, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28752
* Dae Jaweon: page 1404, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3352, character 7
* Unihan data for U+7FE6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 媊 | *ʔslel, *ʔslenʔ |
| 煎 | *ʔslen, *ʔslens |
| 湔 | *ʔslen, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn, *zleːn |
| 鬋 | *ʔslen, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens |
| 剪 | *ʔslenʔ |
| 翦 | *ʔslenʔ |
| 譾 | *ʔslenʔ |
| 揃 | *ʔslenʔ |
| 箭 | *ʔslens |
| 葥 | *ʔslens |
| 前 | *zleːn |
| 騚 | *zleːn |
| 歬 | *zleːn |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jiǎn (jian$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jian$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zin$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chián
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ziang$^2$ / ziêng$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^3$
*** Yale: jyǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: jian$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gian
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zin$^2$
*** Yale: jín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzin$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːn³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chián
*** Tâi-lô: tsián
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciern
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ziang$^2$ / ziêng$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiáng / tsiéng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siaŋ⁵²/, /t͡sieŋ⁵²/
* ziang2 - Shantou;
* ziêng2 - Chaozhou.
* Middle Chinese: tsjenX
Rime :
| Character | 翦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 即淺切 |
| Baxter | tsjenX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡siᴇn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡siɛn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sjæn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sian$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siɛn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭɛn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡si̯ɛn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zin$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts][e][n]ʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslenʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 翦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiǎn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsjen$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ts][e][n]ʔ/ |
| English | cut (v.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 翦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10245 |
| Phonetic component | 前 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 翦 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔslenʔ/ |

#### Definitions

翦
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 剪 (jiǎn, “to cut; to clip”)
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Bìfú gāntáng, wù jiǎn wù fá, Shào Bó suǒ bá. [Pinyin]
    [This] umbrageous sweet pear-tree; Clip it not, hew it not down. Under it the chief of Shao lodged.
* to eliminate; to annihilate
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Hòu Jì zhī sūn, shí wéi Tài wáng. Jū Qí zhī yáng, shí shǐ jiǎn Shāng. [Pinyin]
    Among Lord Millet's offspring; there was the Grand King. South of Qi was his dwelling, whence the annihilation of Shang took its beginning.

##### Compounds

* 不翦
* 明如翦
* 翦徑 / 翦径
* 翦截鋪 / 翦截铺
* 翦拂
* 翦枝竭流
* 翦滅 / 翦灭 (jiǎnmiè)
* 翦綹 / 翦绺
* 翦綵 / 翦彩
* 翦翦
* 翦草除根
* 翦落 (jiǎnluò)
* 翦除 (jiǎnchú)
* 西窗翦燭 / 西窗翦烛
* 闕翦 / 阙翦
* 雙瞳翦水 / 双瞳翦水

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǎn (jian$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zin$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^3$
*** Yale: jyǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zin$^2$
*** Yale: jín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzin$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːn³⁵/

#### Definitions

翦
* a surname
    翦伯贊／翦伯赞 ― Jiǎn Bózàn ― Jian Bozan

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): せん (sen)
* Kun: きる (kiru, 翦る)

## Korean
### Hanja

翦 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)
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