剑 — Chinese character
剑
jiàn
sword, dagger, saber
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Radical
- 18 ⼑ (Knife)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 佥 刂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — knife; meaning component 刂; sound component 佥
- Traditional
- 劍
Common words with 剑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宝剑 (寶劍) | bǎo jiàn | (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one); measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 刀剑 (刀劍) | dāo jiàn | sword |
| 剑术 (劍術) | jiàn shù | swordsmanship |
| 击剑 (擊劍) | jī jiàn | fencing (sport) |
| 剑法 (劍法) | jiàn fǎ | fencing; sword-play |
| 利剑 (利劍) | lì jiàn | sharp sword |
| 剑客 (劍客) | jiàn kè | swordsman |
| 剑拔弩张 (劍拔弩張) | jiàn bá nǔ zhāng | lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility; at daggers drawn |
| 剑道 (劍道) | jiàn dào | kendō (sports) |
| 佩剑 (佩劍) | pèi jiàn | sword; (fencing) saber |
| 重剑 (重劍) | zhòng jiàn | épée (fencing) |
| 短剑 (短劍) | duǎn jiàn | dagger |
English words written with 剑
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.