Word Meaning 剪刀

せんとう sentou

剪刀 is read as せんとう (sentou) and means scissors (esp. surgical scissors).

Meaning

English

scissors (esp. surgical scissors)

Reading

Kana

せんとう

Romaji

sentou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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刀

とう

knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

剃刀

そり

razor

大刀

たち

straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

木刀

ぼくた

wooden sword

日本刀

にほんとう

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved)

小刀

こがたな

(small) knife

一刀

いっとう

single stroke

竹刀

しない

bamboo sword (for kendo)

短刀

たんとう

short sword

宝刀

ほうとう

treasured sword

懐刀

ふところがたな

confidant

執刀

しっとう

performing a surgical operation

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