Scissors in Chinese (Mandarin): 剪刀 (jiǎndāo)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 剪刀

• 剪

  To cut with scissors. 刀 (knife) is at the bottom.

  11 strokes

• 刀

  Knife.

  2 strokes

剪刀 is a "cutting knife". In rock-paper-scissors, 石头剪刀布, scissors are 剪刀.

More examples with 剪刀

• 剪刀很锋利。

  剪刀很鋒利。

  Jiǎndāo hěn fēnglì.

  The scissors are sharp.

• 我用剪刀剪纸。

  我用剪刀剪紙。

  Wǒ yòng jiǎndāo jiǎn zhǐ.

  I cut paper with scissors.

How to write 剪刀 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.