剣 – sabre, sword, blade

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1305 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 剣 means sabre, sword, blade, clock hand. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケン (ken); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つるぎ (tsurugi). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 刀 (no. 18).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケン	ken
Kun’yomi	つるぎ	tsurugi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 刀 (Kangxi radical 18). Components: 刈・口・人・个.

Words using 剣

真剣しんけんserious

Example sentences

ジョージは勉強に真剣でない。

George is not serious about his study.

Tatoeba #215635

「親父これって・・・真剣？」「当たり前だろう、決闘なのだからな」

"Dad, this a real sword?" "Of course, it is a duel after all."

Tatoeba #74107

Kanji with the same radical

分前制初判利別割切副券劇創則削刊

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