剣状

Japanese

Kanji in this term
剣	状
けん Grade: S	じょう Grade: 5
kan’on	goon

Alternative spelling
劍狀 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

剣 (“sword”) +‎ 状 (“-shaped”)

Noun

剣(けん)状(じょう) • (kenjō) 

1. (anatomy, attributive) xiphoidness

   剣(けん)状(じょう)突(とっ)起(き)

   kenjō tokki

   the xiphoid process