劍

Translingual

shinjitai	剣
simplified	剑
traditional	劍

Alternative forms

• 劔 (剱)
• 劒
• 釖
• 釼

Han character

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

See also

• 鋏
• 铗
• 刀
• 鍔
• 锷

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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Chinese

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trad.		劍
simp.		剑

Wikipedia ^zh

剣: A Jian with 鞘 (qiào, “scabbard”).

Wikipedia

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gim³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): kiam
• Min Dong (BUC): giéng
• Min Nan (POJ): kiàm
• Wu (WT Romanisation): ji (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gim³
    • Yale: gim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gim³
    • IPA ^(key): /kiːm³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiam
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ki̯am⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giéng
    • IPA ^(key): /kiɛŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàm
    • Tâi-lô: kiàm
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: ji (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (劍, reconstructed)
Character (劍), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 嚴 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 居欠切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɨɐmH/	/ki̯ɐmH/	/kiɐmH/	/kiɐmH/	/kɨamH/	/kĭɐmH/	/kiɐmH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (劍, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
劍								jiàn								‹ kjæmH ›								/*s.kr[a]m-s/								sword
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
劍					10227					僉					談					1					劔					/*kams/					原列梵韻作劒，此本說文籀文，集韻驗韻或體

Definitions

劍

1. sword, dagger, sabre

Compounds

Derived terms

• 刀劍／刀剑

• 劍客／剑客

• 劍術／剑术

• 舞劍／舞剑

• 雙刃劍／双刃剑

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Japanese

Kanji

劍

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 剣)

1. sword

Readings

• Goon: こん (kon)
• Kan’on: けん (ken)
• Kun: つるぎ (tsurugi)

Compounds

• 劍士 (剣士, けんし, kenshi): swordsman
• 劍術 (剣術, けんじゅつ, kenjutsu): swordsmanship
• 劍道 (剣道, けんどう, kendō): (the) way of the sword
• 木劍 (木剣, ぼっけん, bokken): a wooden sword

Noun

劍 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 剣, hiragana けん, romaji ken)

1. sword

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Korean

Hanja

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

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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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Vietnamese

Han character

劍 (kiếm, ghém, gươm, kém, chém, sớm)

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