Radical:

meaning for jiǎn:

  • - scissors
  • - shears
  • - clippers
  • - Classifiers: 把
  • - to cut with scissors
  • - to trim
  • - to wipe out or exterminatepapercutting (Chinese folk art)
  • - to make paper cutoutsscissors
  • - Classifiers: 把 to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)paper-cut silhouette
  • - outline
  • - sketchto prune
  • - to trim