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剣

JLPT N1 10 strokes Frequency: #1305

Meanings

Sabre, Sword, Blade, Clock Hand

Radicals

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 dot right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical bottom-to-top

5 corner bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 diagonal right-to-left

8 dot top-left-to-bottom-right

9 vertical top-to-bottom

10 hook right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ケン ken

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

つるぎ tsurugi

Words Using This Kanji

96 words total

Other (20 words)

剣豪けんごう

great swordsman

剣先けんさき

point of a sword

剣付き鉄砲けんつきでっぽう

fixed bayonet

剣士けんし

swordsman

剣道けんどう

kendo

剣舞けんぶ

sword dance

剣形けんがた

sword shape

剣術けんじゅつ

(art of) fencing

剣突くけんつく

rough scolding

剣法けんぽう

(art of) fencing

sword (esp. a large, double-edged one)

剣劇けんげき

sword play

剣状けんじょう

sword-shaped

剣難けんなん

(calamity of) perishing by the sword

剣幕けんまく

threatening attitude

剣客けんかく

master swordsman

剣山けんざん

needle-point holder (in ikebana)

剣帯けんたい

sword belt

手裏剣しゅりけん

shuriken

剣を抜くつるぎをぬく

to draw a sword

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