剪裁

剪裁 in English

jiǎn cái: to tailor (clothes) / to trim (expenditure)

Character breakdown

剪 jiǎn (bound form) scissors or similar tool
裁 cái to cut out (as a dress)

Stroke order

Le caractère 裁 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 裁

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

剪

Small seal script

裁

Small seal script

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

因为有高而闭合的领子、紧身的剪裁和在笔直裙子两边的开口，旗袍有着独一无二传达端庄和性感的能力。

With a high, closed collar, figure-hugging cut, and large slits at either side of a straight skirt, the qipao is unique in its ability to communicate both modesty and sensuousness.
新的旗袍又修长又紧身，也有高级的剪裁，与传统式样的构成了鲜明的对比。

Slender and form-fitting with a high cut, the new qipao contrasted sharply with the traditional one.

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