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Keyword
sword
  • sabre
  • blade
  • clock hand
Frequency
#1305
Strokes
10
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
1801
Readings
ケン100%
Mnemonic
Everyone nodded in consensus when the blacksmith lifted a huge, shining knife taller than a door: clearly that's a sword.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
剣けん
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor; dart
Noun
真しん剣けん
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
Na-adjective
剣けん道どう
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
Noun
刀とう剣けん
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
Noun
剣けん士し
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
Noun
短たん剣けん
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
Noun
剣けん術じゅつ
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
Noun
銃じゅう剣けん
bayonet; guns and swords
Noun
手しゅ裏り剣けん
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
Noun
剣けん玉だま
kendama; Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)
Noun
剣けん豪ごう
great swordsman; master fencer
Noun
剣けん舞ぶ
sword dance
Noun
剣けん山ざん
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
Noun
剣けん客かく
master swordsman; skilled fencer
Noun
剣けん劇げき
sword play; samurai drama
Noun
剣けん先さき
point of a sword
Noun
宝ほう剣けん
treasured sword
Noun
神しん剣けん
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
Noun
剣けん幕まく
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
Noun
剣けん戟げき
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
Noun
木ぼっ剣けん
bokken; wooden sword
Noun
剣ヶ峰けんがみね
rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji); wrestling ring; dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position
Noun
着ちゃっ剣けん
fixing a bayonet
Noun
銅どう剣けん
bronze sword
Noun