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The Kanji Map

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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1305 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: sabre, sword, blade, clock hand

Kunyomi: つるぎ

Onyomi: ケン

Composition: 㑒 刂

剣

Radical

Radical: 刀

Meaning: knife, sword

Reading: かたな

Frequency: 377

Alternative forms:

刂(alt radical position tsukuri)

刀

Examples

Onyomi Examples

剣 (ケン) sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart

剣士 (ケンシ) swordsman, swordswoman, fencer

銃剣 (ジュウケン) bayonet, guns and swords

刀剣 (トウケン) sword, dagger, knife, bayonet

Kunyomi Examples

剣 (けん) sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart

剣の舞 (つるぎのまい) Sabre Dance

月の剣 (つきのつるぎ) new moon, crescent moon

草薙の剣 (くさなぎのつるぎ) Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia), grass-mowing sword

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