Chinese symbol for “swordsman”
剑客
jiàn kè
Traditional: 劍客
swordsman
The closest CC-CEDICT match for swordsman is 剑客 (jiàn kè), defined as: swordsman.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “swordsman”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 剑客.
| 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 |
| 客户 (客戶) | kè hù | client; customer |
| 游客 (遊客) | yóu kè | traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player |
See also: Japanese symbol for “swordsman”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.