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
- —弓馬槍剣archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general
- —剣先烏賊swordtip squid (Photololigo edulis)
- —剣状軟骨xiphoid process; chondroxiphoid
- —剣微塵子cyclops (any minute crustacean of genus Cyclops)
- —剣術使いfencer; swordsman
- —ゴボウ剣bayonet
- —真剣交際serious relationship (esp. one with the prospect of marriage)
- —剣林弾雨fierce battle; intense combat
- —聖剣伝説Seiken Densetsu (lit: Holy Sword Legend), a.k.a. "... of Mana" (RPG series)
- —剣付き鉄砲fixed bayonet
- —剣を帯びるto wear a sword at one's side
- —剣を交えるto cross swords (with)
- —真剣白刃取りstopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
- —国際剣道連盟International Kendo Federation
- —剣璽等承継の儀Ceremony for Inheriting the Imperial Regalia and Seals
- —全日本剣道連盟All Japan Kendo Federation
- —ペンは剣よりも強しthe pen is mightier than the sword
- —舟に刻して剣を求むto not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
- —舟に刻みて剣を求むto not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
- —口に蜜あり腹に剣ありhoney in one's mouth but a razor in one's belt