劍 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. つるぎ、刃が両側についている刃物。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「刀」+音符「僉」。「つるぎ」を意味する漢語｛劍｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

sword

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ケン

Kun (native)

• つるぎ

Other languages

• 拼音jian4
• 한글geom
• Hán-ViệtKiếm

infoBasics

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

刀(かたな)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+528D

grid_viewComponents

• 一いち
• 𠆢ひとやね
• 人ひと
• 刂りっとう
• 口くち

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰僉刂

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 劒One part differs
• 劔One part differs
• 斂One part differs
• 歛One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

compare_arrowsVariants

• 剣Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-13-2

Four Corner

8280.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

2f8.5

Nelson

708