Hanja Analyzer
劍

劍 — geom

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

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
Jinmeiyō kanji
Japanese standard form
剣 (Secondary (Jōyō))
Strokes
15
Variant forms
劒 劔
Radical
刀 (18, 13 residual)
Phonetic component
僉
Unicode
U+528D

Parts that make up 劍

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

How 劍 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 劍 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 僉, 刀.

Korean example words with 劍

  • 대검大劍 Korean gloss: 큰 칼
  • 소검小劍 Korean gloss: 작은 칼
  • 패검佩劍 Korean gloss: 칼을 참
  • 검광劍光 Korean gloss: 칼날의 빛
  • 보검寶劍 Korean gloss: 보배로운 칼
  • 검두劍頭 Korean gloss: 검의 머리 부분
  • 단검短劍 Korean gloss: 길이가 짧은 칼
  • 검리劍理 Korean gloss: 검술의 이치나 도리
  • 검무劍舞 Korean gloss: 칼을 들고 추는 춤
  • 역검逆劍 Korean gloss: 칼을 거꾸로 잡은 자세
  • 가검假劍 Korean gloss: 칼날이 없는, 크고 긴 칼
  • 검객劍客 Korean gloss: 칼 쓰기 기술에 능한 사람

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 僉

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

儉 匳 嶮 憸 撿 斂 檢 歛 殮 獫 瞼 簽 險 驗

Other hanja read “검”

倹 儉 剣 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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