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)

1. sword, dagger, sabre

Descendants

• 剣 (Simplified Japanese shinjitai)
• 剑 (Simplified Chinese)

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

劍 (simplified 剑, Yale gim3)

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Japanese

Kanji

劍

Readings

• On: けん (ken)
• Kun: つるぎ (tsurugi)

• Style: Traditional kyūjitai
• Simplified shinjitai equivalent: 剣

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 剣, hiragana けん, romaji ken)

1. sword

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Korean

Hanja

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

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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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

Compounds

• 劍術
• 劍客

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Vietnamese

Han character

劍 (kiếm, ghém, gươm, kém, chém, sớm)