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剪子 (jiǎn zi): Clippers (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

剪子 consists of 2 characters.

jiǎn
剪
to cut with scissors; to shear
HSK 3.0 · L5
zi
子
child, offspring, seed, small thing
HSK 3.0 · L3
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Pinyinjiǎn zi
Meaningclippers
Characters2
HSK—
Syntaxnoun
Word剪子
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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 剪子.

Words with 剪
  • 剪刀jiǎn dāoHSK 5
  • 剪彩jiǎn cǎiHSK 6
  • 剪辑jiǎn jíHSK 7-9
  • 铰剪jiǎojiǎn
Words with 子
  • 儿子ér ziHSK 1
  • 杯子bēi ziHSK 1
  • 桌子zhuō ziHSK 1
  • 椅子yǐ ziHSK 1
  • 妻子qī ziHSK 2
  • 孩子hái ziHSK 2
  • 本子běn ziHSK 2
  • 个子gè ziHSK 3