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剣 kanji
sabre, sword, blade, clock hand
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ケン
Kun readings
つるぎ
Variant forms
剱劍劒劔釼Words with 剣
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3真剣Popularserious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
- —剣Popularsword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor; dart
- —剣劇Popularsword play; samurai drama
- —剣士Popularswordsman; swordswoman; fencer
- —剣道Popularkendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
- —刀剣Popularsword; dagger; knife; bayonet
- —剣客master swordsman; skilled fencer
- —剣形sword shape
- —剣戟weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
- —剣豪great swordsman; master fencer
- —剣山needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
- —剣璽sacred sword and jewels (imperial regalia)
- —剣術(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
- —剣状sword-shaped
- —剣先point of a sword
- —剣帯sword belt
- —剣呑risky; dangerous; insecure
- —剣難(calamity of) perishing by the sword; being wounded by the sword
- —剣舞sword dance
- —剣法(art of) fencing; swordsmanship