剣

See also 劍, and 剑

Translingual

shinjitai	剣
simplified	剑
traditional	劍

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 劍 (僉 → 㑒); compare 険, 検, 験.

Han character

剣 (radical 18 刀+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人人中弓 (OOLN), X人人中弓 (XOOLN), composition ⿰㑒刂)

1. sword, dagger, sabre

Related characters

• 険 検 験

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 141, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2076
• Dae Jaweon: page 321, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 345, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5263

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• 劍 (kyūjitai)

Kanji

剣 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: けん (ken)
• Kun: つるぎ (tsurugi)

Usage notes

Shinjitai

Compounds

• 聖剣 (せいけん, seiken): a holy or sanctified blade or sword
• 剣士 (けんし, kenshi)
• 剣術 (けんじゅつ, kenjutsu)
• 剣道 (けんどう, kendō)
• 木剣 (ぼっけん, bokken)
• 心剣: the "heart with a blade" -- a term for a shinobi
• 刀身 (kensha): a swordsman
• 剣豪 (けんごう, kengō): a swordsmanshipmaster
• 剣客

Derived terms

• 草薙の剣 (くさなきのつるぎ, Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi) lit. "Grass-Cutter Longsword"
• 天叢雲の剣 (あまむらくもつるぎ, Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi) lit. "Heavenly-Gathering Cloud Longsword"
• 酒刈の太刀 (さけかりのたち, Sakegari-no-Tachi) lit. "Sake-Cutter Longsword"
• 十拳の剣 (とおつかのつるぎ, Tōtsuka-no-Tsurugi) lit. "Ten-Hands Longsword"

Noun

剣 (hiragana けん, romaji ken)

1. sword

Alternative forms

• つるぎ

Synonyms

• 劍: sword, dagger, sabre
• 剑: a sword, dagger, sabre
• 日本刀 (にほんとう, nihontō)
• 太刀 (たち, tachi): a type of Longsword
• 刀 (かたな, katana): a type of Longsword
• 直刀 (chokutō) lit. a "straight sword"
• 刃 (な, na): a blade