剣
sword; sabre; blade; clock hand
10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1305.
Readings
- ケン (on reading): 剣 (けん) sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); 真剣 (しんけん) serious
- つるぎ (kun reading): 草薙剣 (くさなぎのつるぎ) Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); 剣を抜く (つるぎをぬく) to draw a sword
Components
Words using 剣
- 剣 (けん) sword (esp. a large, double-edged one)
- 真剣 (しんけん) serious
- 大剣 (たいけん) large sword
- 剣術 (けんじゅつ) (art of) fencing
- 刀剣 (とうけん) sword
- 草薙剣 (くさなぎのつるぎ) Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia)
- 剣を抜く (つるぎをぬく) to draw a sword
- 諸刃の剣 (もろはのつるぎ) double-edged sword
- 剣の山 (つるぎのやま) mountain of swords
- 天叢雲剣 (あまのむらくものつるぎ) Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi (sword; one of the three Imperial regalia)
- 剣柄 (たかび) hilt of a sword
112 words in all.