劔 — 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

「劍」の異体字。「劍」については劍#字源の項目を参照。

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
• Hán-ViệtKém

infoBasics

Strokes

16 strokes

Radical

刀(かたな)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+5294

grid_viewComponents

• 一いち
• 丶てん
• 𠆢ひとやね
• 人ひと
• 刀かたな
• 口くち

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰僉刃

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 劒Same composition
• 劍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.

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-13-3

Four Corner

8785.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

2f8.5

Nelson

556