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Kanji Details

  • Strokes: 10
  • IDC:
  • Frequency: 822

Readings

  • On'yomi: ケン(漢)、コン(呉)
  • Kun'yomi: つるぎ
  • Nanori: あきら、つとむ、つるぎ、はや
  • English: sabre; sword; blade; clock hand; saber

Radical: ( かたな・りっとう ), knife, sword


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Example sentences using 剣 ( 12 found )

(けん)()(とら)絶滅(ぜつめつ)したのは氷河(ひょうが)時代(じだい)であった。
It was during the ice age that the saber-toothed tiger became extinct.
剣道(けんどう)では、(たけ)でできた(かたな)のような(ぼう)をそれぞれ()()けた二人(ふたり)試合(しあい)します。
Kendo involves dueling between two people who are each equipped with a sword-like stave made of bamboo.
短剣(たんけん)だけで武装(ぶそう)して、(かれ)攻撃(こうげき)してきた5(にん)(みな)()(はら)った。
Armed only with a short sword, he drove off all five of his attackers.

Other usages of 剣

8 Proverbs
4 Idioms