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剑
劍
jiàn
1.
double-edged sword
2.
CL:[[口<kǒu>]], [[把<bǎ>]]
3.
classifier for blows of a sword
HSK 6
Very Common • Top 2%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
剑桥
Jiànqiáo
Cambridge
佩剑
pèijiàn
saber
利剑
lìjiàn
sharp sword
剑客
jiànkè
fencer (i.e. sportsman involved in fencing)
剑尖
jiànjiān
point
剑川
Jiànchuān
Jianchuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture [[大理白族自治州<DàlǐBáizúzìzhìzhōu>]], Yunnan
剑柄
jiànbǐng
sword hilt
剑河
Jiànhé
Jianhe county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture [[黔東南州|黔东南州<Qiándōngnánzhōu>]], Guizhou
剑法
jiànfǎ
fencing
剑术
jiànshù
fencing
剑身
jiànshēn
sword blade
剑道
jiàndào
kendō (sports)
剑阁
Jiàngé
Jiange county in Guangyuan [[廣元|广元<Guǎngyuán>]], Sichuan
剑鱼
jiànyú
swordfish
剑鸻
jiànhéng
(Chinese bird species) common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
剑麻
jiànmá
sisal hemp
剑龙
jiànlóng
stegosaurus
宝剑
bǎojiàn
(double-edged) sword
击剑
jījiàn
fencing (sport)
木剑
mùjiàn
wooden sword
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 868
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,846 of 84,292