劍

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• Alternate forms:
• 剣 (Simplified Japanese shinjitai)
• 剑 (Simplified Chinese)
• 剱
• 劒
• 劔
• 釖
• 釼

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 See also 1.1.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Compounds 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

劍 (radical 18 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人人中弓 (OOLN), four-corner 8280₀)

1. sword, dagger, sabre

[edit] See also

• 鋏
• 铗
• 刀
• 鍔
• 锷

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 144, character 45
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2228
• Dae Jaweon: page 326, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 358, character 10
• Unihan data for U+528D

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

劍 (simplified 剑, Yale gim3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

劍

[edit] Readings

• On: けん (ken)
• Kun: つるぎ (tsurugi)

• Style: Traditional kyūjitai
• Simplified shinjitai equivalent: 剣

[edit] Compounds

• 劍士 (剣士)
• 劍術 (剣術)
• 劍道 (剣道, けんどう, kendō)
• 木劍 (木剣, ぼっけん, bokken)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

劍 (hangeul 검, revised geom, McCune-Reischauer kŏm)

[edit] Compounds

• 劍客 (검객, geomgaek) swordsman
• 劍工 (검공, geomgong) sword smith
• 劍劇 (검극, geomgeuk) sword play
• 劍戟 (검극, geomgeuk) swords and spears
• 劍難 (검난, geomnan) tragedy caused by the sword
• 劍道 (검도, geomdo) swordsmanship
• 劍舞 (검무, geommu) sword dance
• 劍法 (검법, geombeop) swordsmanship
• 劍士 (검사, geomsa) swordsman
• 劍術 (검술, geomsul) swordsmanship
• 劍匠 (검장, geomjang) sword smith
• 劍豪 (검호, geomho) swordsman par excellence

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

劍 (simplified 剑, pinyin jiàn (jian4), Wade-Giles chien⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 劍術
• 劍客