Skip to main content

剣

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • sabre
  • sword
  • blade
  • clock hand

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ケン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • つるぎ
Strokes
10
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#918
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
刀#18 · knife

Components

Common Words

  • 剣劇けんげきNounsword play, samurai drama
  • 剣士けんしNounswordsman, swordswoman, fencer
  • 剣道けんどうNounkendo, Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
  • 真剣しんけんna-Adj.serious, earnest
  • 刀剣とうけんNounsword, dagger, knife, bayonet
  • 剣橋ケンブリッジNounCambridge
  • 剣客けんかくNounmaster swordsman, skilled fencer
  • 剣形けんがたNounsword shape

Practice in Kanjiru

Write 剣 by hand (opens in new tab)

Related Kanji

士gentlemanN13 strokes刀swordN12 strokes真trueN410 strokes客guestN39 strokes道road-wayN412 strokes形shapeN37 strokes

Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)