剑 (jiàn) — Chinese Character

剑

jiàn

double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword

Radical: 刂 HSK 6 n pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

剑 decomposes into the following components:

佥刂

Semantic component: 刂; phonetic component: 佥.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 剑.

佩剑

pèi jiàn

击剑

jī jiàn

刀剑

dāo jiàn

利剑

lì jiàn

剑客

jiàn kè

剑尖

jiàn jiān

剑川

jiàn chuān

剑指

jiàn zhǐ

剑术

jiàn shù

剑柄

jiàn bǐng

剑标

jiàn biāo

剑桥

jiàn qiáo

Characters that share the radical 刂.

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