Kanji1 / 10
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
- —剣気aura of a sword; spirit of a sword
- —剣撃sword strike; sword slash
- —剣突くrough scolding; upbraiding; tongue-lashing; dressing-down
- —手裏剣shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
- —刀剣商sword dealer
- —暗剣殺unpropitious direction
- —銃剣術bayonet drill
- —剣の道way of the sword; swordsmanship
- —銃剣道form of modern martial art using the bayonet
- —斬鉄剣sword that cuts iron
- —剣歯虎saber-toothed tiger (sabre)
- —剣闘士gladiator
- —剣道着kendo gi; kendo uniform
- —剣道場kendo hall
- —活人剣life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)
- —柔剣棒jūkenbō; "body, sword and staff" techniques in martial arts
- —剣術者fencer; swordsman
- —殺人剣life-taking sword; sword used to kill
- —真剣勝負fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
- —剣状突起xiphoid process; ensiform cartilage