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剣

10 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
人 个 刈 口
Variants:
劍 劔 劒 剱 釼
sabre, sword, blade, clock hand
Kun:
つるぎ
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1305 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 剣 【ケン】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart
  • 剣士 【ケンシ】 swordsman, swordswoman, fencer
  • 銃剣 【ジュウケン】 bayonet, guns and swords
  • 刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet

Kun reading compounds

  • 剣 【けん】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart
  • 剣の舞 【つるぎのまい】 Sabre Dance
  • 月の剣 【つきのつるぎ】 new moon, crescent moon
  • 草薙の剣 【くさなぎのつるぎ】 Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia), grass-mowing sword

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geom

Spanish

  • sable
  • espada
  • hoja de espada

Portuguese

  • sabre
  • espada
  • lâmina
  • ponteiro de relógio

French

  • sabre
  • épée
  • lame
  • aiguille de montre
1214 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1248 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
696 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1436 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1095 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1151 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
879 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
900 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
791 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
198 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2104 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1096 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1493 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1687 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2076 Morohashi
1672 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
498 New Nelson (John Haig)
1671 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1801 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1310 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2843 2001 Kanji
2f8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-2 SKIP code
8250.0 Four corner code
1-23-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5263 Unicode hex code

劍

15 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
一 人 个 刈 口
Variants:
剣 劔 劒 剱 釼
sword
Kun:
つるぎ
On:
ケン
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 剣 【ケン】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart

Kun reading compounds

  • 剣 【けん】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geom

Spanish

Portuguese

French

708 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2674 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2397 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1679 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2228 Morohashi
1903 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
514 New Nelson (John Haig)
2f8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-13-2 SKIP code
8280.0 Four corner code
1-49-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
528d Unicode hex code

劒

16 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
一 丶 人 个 刀 口
Variants:
剣 劍 劔 剱 釼
sword
Kun:
つるぎ
On:
ケン

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 剣 【ケン】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart

Kun reading compounds

  • 剣 【けん】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geom

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2401 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2243 Morohashi
1905 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
519 New Nelson (John Haig)
2f8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-13-3 SKIP code
8782.0 Four corner code
1-49-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5292 Unicode hex code

剱

11 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
丶 人 个 刀 口
Variants:
剣 劍 劔 劒 釼
sword
Kun:
つるぎ
On:
ケン

Speed

Stroke order

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geom

Spanish

Portuguese

French

499 New Nelson (John Haig)
2f8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
8755.0 Four corner code
8752.0 Four corner code
1-49-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5271 Unicode hex code

釼

11 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
丶 刀 金
Variants:
剣 劍 劔 劒 剱
sword, dagger, saber
Kun:
つるぎ
On:
ケン

Speed

Stroke order

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
il

Spanish

Portuguese

French

40186X Morohashi
6219 New Nelson (John Haig)
2f8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
8715.0 Four corner code
1-78-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91fc Unicode hex code

剣

10 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
人 个 刈 口
Variants:
劍 劔 劒 剱 釼
sabre, sword, blade, clock hand
Kun:
つるぎ
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1305 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 剣 【ケン】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart
  • 剣士 【ケンシ】 swordsman, swordswoman, fencer
  • 銃剣 【ジュウケン】 bayonet, guns and swords
  • 刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet

Kun reading compounds

  • 剣 【けん】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart
  • 剣の舞 【つるぎのまい】 Sabre Dance
  • 月の剣 【つきのつるぎ】 new moon, crescent moon
  • 草薙の剣 【くさなぎのつるぎ】 Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia), grass-mowing sword

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geom

Spanish

  • sable
  • espada
  • hoja de espada

Portuguese

  • sabre
  • espada
  • lâmina
  • ponteiro de relógio

French

  • sabre
  • épée
  • lame
  • aiguille de montre
1214 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1248 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
696 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1436 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1095 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1151 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
879 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
900 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
791 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
198 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2104 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1096 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1493 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1687 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2076 Morohashi
1672 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
498 New Nelson (John Haig)
1671 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1801 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1310 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2843 2001 Kanji
2f8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-2 SKIP code
8250.0 Four corner code
1-23-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5263 Unicode hex code

劍

15 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
一 人 个 刈 口
Variants:
剣 劔 劒 剱 釼
sword
Kun:
つるぎ
On:
ケン
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 剣 【ケン】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart

Kun reading compounds

  • 剣 【けん】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geom

Spanish

Portuguese

French

708 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2674 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2397 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1679 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2228 Morohashi
1903 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
514 New Nelson (John Haig)
2f8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-13-2 SKIP code
8280.0 Four corner code
1-49-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
528d Unicode hex code

劒

16 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
一 丶 人 个 刀 口
Variants:
剣 劍 劔 剱 釼
sword
Kun:
つるぎ
On:
ケン

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 剣 【ケン】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart

Kun reading compounds

  • 剣 【けん】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geom

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2401 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2243 Morohashi
1905 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
519 New Nelson (John Haig)
2f8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-13-3 SKIP code
8782.0 Four corner code
1-49-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5292 Unicode hex code

剱

11 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
丶 人 个 刀 口
Variants:
剣 劍 劔 劒 釼
sword
Kun:
つるぎ
On:
ケン

Speed

Stroke order

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geom

Spanish

Portuguese

French

499 New Nelson (John Haig)
2f8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
8755.0 Four corner code
8752.0 Four corner code
1-49-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5271 Unicode hex code

釼

11 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
丶 刀 金
Variants:
剣 劍 劔 劒 剱
sword, dagger, saber
Kun:
つるぎ
On:
ケン

Speed

Stroke order

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
il

Spanish

Portuguese

French

40186X Morohashi
6219 New Nelson (John Haig)
2f8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
8715.0 Four corner code
1-78-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91fc Unicode hex code