Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
Variants:
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

6 strokes
Radical:
lid
Parts:
mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
178 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 交 【コウ】 association, fellowship, change (of season, year, etc.)
  • 交易 【コウエキ】 trade, commerce
  • 親交 【シンコウ】 intimacy, friendship, friendly relations
  • 国交 【コッコウ】 diplomatic relations

Kun reading compounds

  • 交わる 【まじわる】 to cross, to intersect, to join, to meet, to associate with, to mingle with, to consort with, to have a sexual relationship, to copulate
  • 交える 【まじえる】 to mix, to combine, to include, to exchange (words, fire, etc.), to cross (e.g. swords), to join together
  • 混じる 【まじる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to be combined, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join
  • 混じる 【まじる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to be combined, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join
  • 混ざる 【まざる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to associate with, to mingle with, to join
  • 混ぜる 【まぜる】 to mix, to stir, to blend
  • 交わす 【かわす】 to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.), to intersect, to cross, to interlace, ... with one another, ... to each other
  • 交わす 【かわす】 to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.), to intersect, to cross, to interlace, ... with one another, ... to each other
  • 交々 【こもごも】 alternately, in succession

Readings

Japanese names:
かた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao1
Korean:
gyo

Spanish

  • cambio
  • reemplazo
  • mezcla
  • asociación
  • cruzarse
  • mezclarse
  • cruzar
  • mezclar

Portuguese

  • Misturar-se
  • misturando
  • associação
  • vindo & indo

French

  • mélanger
  • échanges
  • association
  • mêler
  • aller et venir
212 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
128 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
115 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
200 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
290 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
86 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
298 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
293 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
114 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
114 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
504 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
38 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2508 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1272 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1738 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1283 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
291 Morohashi
2015 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
90 New Nelson (John Haig)
1275 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1368 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
269 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
120 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
2j4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2-4-2 SKIP code
0040.8 Four corner code
1-24-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ea4 Unicode hex code