What 翦 means
It means “cut,” “trim,” or “remove.” Shuowen Jiezi, an old Chinese character dictionary, describes evenly trimmed feathers; a commentary says shortening arrow feathers shifted an arrow’s balance forward.
Is 翦 the same as 剪?
They are related forms; 剪 is the everyday one. 翦 appears in formal compounds such as 翦灭 (“wipe out”) and as a surname, as in 翦伯赞.
Rare and literary; found in formal compounds and surnames.
For ordinary cutting, 剪 is the usual choice.
Who writes 翦
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 翦 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 翦
- Search it as
- jiǎn · jian3 · 剪 · 翦灭 · 翦伯赞 · cutting character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
翦CSS
\7FE6How to type 翦
In a Chinese Pinyin IME, enter jian and select 翦.
Cangjie
Enter TBNM in a Cangjie IME.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
翦
HTML hex
翦
CSS content
content: "\7FE6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%BF%A6
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.