jiǎn
couper; rogner; tailler; essuyer; ciseaux
我剪头发了。
wǒ jiǎn tóufa le.
I got a haircut.
她剪纸剪得很好。
tā jiǎn zhǐ jiǎn dé hěn hǎo.
She is very good at paper-cutting.
剪刀在哪里？
jiǎndāo zài nǎlǐ?
Where are the scissors?
留 (liú)
keep
长 (zhǎng)
long
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The Chinese character 剪 (jiǎn) for "scissors" is composed of two parts: 金 (jīn) and 欠 (qiàn). 金 originally meant "metal" and was used to represent anything made of metal, including scissors. 欠, on the other hand, originally meant "to owe" or "to lack" and was used to represent the shape of the blades of scissors, which are like two open mouths. When combined, 金 and 欠 form the character 剪, which represents the tool used for cutting, namely scissors.
