剑
double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,328 U+5251
How 剑 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
刂 (semantic, “knife”) + 佥 (phonetic, qiān)
components: 佥 刂
How to remember it
saber · Heisig RSH #2858
hootenanny + saber
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 佥
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 佥 (qiān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 佥 sound component | qiān | all, together, unanimous |
| 脸 | liǎn | face, cheek; reputation |
| 险 | xiǎn | narrow pass, strategic point |
| 检 | jiǎn | to check, to examine, to inspect |
| 验 | yàn | to examine, to inspect, to test, to verify |
| 签 | qiān | to sign, to endorse; a note, a slip of paper |
| 俭 | jiǎn | temperate, frugal, economical |
| 敛 | liǎn | to collect, to extort |
| 睑 | jiǎn | eyelid |
| 捡 | jiǎn | to pick up, to gather, to collect |
| 殓 | liàn | to dress a corpse for burial |
| 硷 | jiǎn | alkaline, alkali, lye, salt |
| 莶 | xiān | vine |
| 猃 | xiǎn | long-snouted dog |
| 裣 | liǎn | draw one's hands into sleeve |
Words containing 剑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上方宝剑 | shàng fāng bǎo jiàn | imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers); imperial Chinese version of 007 lic… |
| 手里剑 | shǒu lǐ jiàn | straight or circular throwing-knife used by ninja and samurai (loanword from Japanese 手裏剣 … |
| 剑河县 | Jiàn hé Xiàn | Jianhe, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州[… |
| 剑桥大学 | Jiàn qiáo Dà xué | University of Cambridge |
| 刀光剑影 | dāo guāng jiàn yǐng | lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom); fig. intense conflict |
| 剑眉星目 | jiàn méi xīng mù | (idiom) straight, thick, upward-inclined eyebrows and eyes that are bright and full of spi… |
| 剑川县 | Jiàn chuān Xiàn | Jianchuan, a county in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zh… |
| 剑鱼座 | Jiàn yú zuò | Dorado (constellation) |
| 花剑 | huā jiàn | foil (fencing) |
| 剑法 | jiàn fǎ | fencing; sword-play |
| 利剑 | lì jiàn | sharp sword |
| 剑道 | jiàn dào | kendō (sports) |
| 太极剑 | tài jí jiàn | a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play |
| 剑嘴鹛 | jiàn zuǐ méi | (bird species of China) slender-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus superciliaris) |
| 重剑 | zhòng jiàn | épée (fencing) |
| 剑河 | Jiàn hé | see 劍河縣|剑河县[Jian4 he2 Xian4] |
| 剑龙 | jiàn lóng | stegosaurus |
| 木剑 | mù jiàn | wooden sword |
| 剑鱼 | jiàn yú | swordfish |
| 剑身 | jiàn shēn | sword blade |