劍術

See also: 剑术 and 剣術

Chinese

		(double-edged) sword	method; technique
trad. (劍術)		劍	術
simp. (剑术)		剑	术

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gim³ seot⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànshù
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-shu⁴
    • Yale: jyàn-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannshuh
    • Palladius: цзяньшу (czjanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gim³ seot⁶
    • Yale: gim seuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gim³ soet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gim³ sêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːm³³ sɵt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: kjaemH zywit

Rime
Character	劍	術
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	嚴 (145)	諄 (52)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居欠切	食聿切
Baxter	kjaemH	zywit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐmH/	/ʑiuɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐmH/	/ʑʷit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɐmH/	/ʑjuet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨamH/	/ʑwit̚/
Li Rong	/kiɐmH/	/d͡ʑiuĕt̚/
Wang Li	/kĭɐmH/	/d͡ʑĭuĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐmH/	/d͡ʑʰi̯uĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn	shú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gim3	seot6

Noun

劍術

1. fencing; swordplay

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (劍術):

• → Japanese: 剣(けん)術(じゅつ) (kenjutsu)
• → Korean: 검술(劍術) (geomsul)
• → Vietnamese: kiếm thuật (劍術)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
劍	術
けん Jinmeiyō	じゅつ Grade: 5
kan’on	goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 劍術 – see the following entry.

【剣術けんじゅつ】 [noun] [from 1577] swordsmanship

(This term, 劍術, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
劍	術

Noun

劍術 • (geomsul) (hangeul 검술)

1. Hanja form^? of 검술 (“swordsmanship”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
劍	術

Noun

劍術

1. chữ Hán form of kiếm thuật (“swordsmanship”).