jiǎn

scissors

Components
前 sound component

  Sound component

qián

  

in front

羽 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

feather

feather

Evolution

翦 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
翦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
翦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiǎn

scissors; cut, clip; annihilate; variant of [jiǎn]

 

Jiǎn

surname Jian