Kanji Database
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剱

剱 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 11 strokes

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つるぎ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「劔」の略体。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

sword

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケン
Kun (native)
  • つるぎ
Other languages
  • 拼音jian4
  • 한글geom
  • Hán-ViệtKiếm
  • Hán-ViệtKém

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
刀(かたな)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5271

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰㑒刃

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-3
Four Corner
8752.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2f8.5