Hanja Analyzer
剣

剣 — geom

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

This is the Japanese glyph form. The Korean form is 劍.

Korean reading
칼 검
Romanization
geom
English
sword, dagger, saber
Mandarin
jiàn
Japanese on'yomi
ケン
Japanese kun'yomi
つるぎ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,305 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Variant forms
劍 劒 劔
Radical
刀 (18, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+5263

Parts that make up 剣

  • 㑒 다/여러 첨variant of 僉 여럿의 입이 한데 모인 모양‘검·험·렴’ 계열의 소리
  • 刂 칼 도variant of 刀 칼날베고 가르는 일. 오른쪽에서 刂 로 쓴다

Japanese words with 剣

  • 剣けん sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet
  • 剣道けんどう kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
  • 剣士けんし swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
  • 真剣しんけん serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
  • 刀剣とうけん sword; dagger; knife
  • 銃剣じゅうけん bayonet; guns and swords
  • 剣劇けんげき sword play; samurai drama
  • 剣客けんかく master swordsman; skilled fencer
  • 剣豪けんごう great swordsman; master fencer
  • 剣橋ケンブリッジ Cambridge
  • 剣形けんがた sword shape
  • 剣戟けんげき weapons; arms; fighting with swords

Other hanja read “검”

倹 儉 劍 劎 劒 劔 撿 検 檢 瞼 芡 鈐 黔

Other hanja with radical 刀

刀 刁 刂 刃 刄 刅 分 切 刈 刊 刋 刌 刎 刏 刑 划 刓 刔 刕 刖 列 刘 刜 初 删 判 別 刦 刧 刨 利 刪 别 刮 到 刱 刲 刳 刴 刵 制 刷 券 刹 刺 刻 剃 剄 則 剉 削 剋 剌 前 剎 剏 剒 剓 剔 剕

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