翦

翦 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿月弓一 (TBNM), four-corner 8012₇, composition ⿱前羽)

1. scissors
2. cut, clip
3. annihilate

• 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

翦

1. ^† Alternative form of 剪 (jiǎn, “to cut; to clip”)

   • 蔽芾甘棠，勿翦勿伐，召伯所茇。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th 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.

2. to eliminate; to annihilate

   • 后稷之孫、實維大王。
     居岐之陽、實始翦商。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     后稷之孙、实维大王。
     居岐之阳、实始翦商。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th 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.

翦

1. a surname

   翦伯贊／翦伯赞  ―  Jiǎn Bózàn  ―  Jian Bozan

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

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

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