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

9 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
guest, visitor, customer, client
On:
キャクカク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
557 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 客 【キャク】 guest, visitor, customer, client, shopper, spectator, audience, tourist, sightseer, passenger, counter for containers used to entertain guests
  • 客足 【キャクアシ】 customer traffic, customers, custom
  • 論客 【ロンキャク】 controversialist, polemic, disputant
  • 賓客 【ヒンキャク】 guest of honour, guest of honor, privileged guest, visitor
  • 客 【キャク】 guest, visitor, customer, client, shopper, spectator, audience, tourist, sightseer, passenger, counter for containers used to entertain guests
  • 客員 【キャクイン】 guest member, associate member, honorary member
  • 論客 【ロンキャク】 controversialist, polemic, disputant
  • 賓客 【ヒンキャク】 guest of honour, guest of honor, privileged guest, visitor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ke4
Korean:
gaeg

Spanish

  • huésped
  • visitante
  • cliente

Portuguese

  • convidado
  • visitante
  • cliente

French

  • hôte
  • client
  • visiteur
184 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
270 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
252 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
571 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1302 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
434 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
467 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
917 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
641 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
651 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
318 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
476 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2798 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1439 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1939 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
300 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7128 Morohashi
2250 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1329 New Nelson (John Haig)
294 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
315 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
321 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
777 2001 Kanji
3m6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
3060.4 Four corner code
1-21-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ba2 Unicode hex code