劍 — Chinese character
劍
jiàn
sword, dagger, saber
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Radical
- 18 ⼑ (Knife)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 僉 刂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — knife; meaning component 刂; sound component 僉
- Simplified
- 剑
- Japanese
- 劍 as a kanji
劍 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Mencius 2
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