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鋏む (はさむ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

鋏はさむ

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む

Meanings

1

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

dated term

Dated term for cutting with scissors or shears. In modern Japanese, 切る or チョキチョキ切る is more common; this word is mostly encountered in older texts.

昔むかしの人ひとは紙かみを鋏はさむのにこういう道どう具ぐを使つかった。
People in the old days used tools like this to clip paper.

庭にわ師しが枝えだを剪はさむ様よう子すが絵えに描えがかれている。

A gardener clipping branches is depicted in the painting.

Written forms

鋏はさむ
Kanji spelling using 鋏 (scissors); rare and dated. The verb is now almost always written in kana.
剪はさむ
Kanji spelling using 剪 (clip, trim); rare and dated. The verb is now almost always written in kana.

Kanji

鋏scissors
剪clip, snip, cut

Similar words

切きる
The standard modern verb for 'cut'; 鋏む is a dated synonym specifically for cutting with scissors.
挟はさむ
Homophonous verb meaning 'to hold between' or 'to insert'; unrelated to cutting.

Etymology

Derived from the noun 鋏 (はさみ, 'scissors'), with the verb ending む. The kanji 鋏 and 剪 both relate to cutting, but the word is now almost exclusively written in kana.