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剑
劒
jiàn
1. variant of [[劍|剑<jiàn>]]
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

剑
jiàn
sword, dagger, saber
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

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
剑桥
Jiànqiáo
Cambridge
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

Alternate Entries

剑
jiàn
double-edged sword / CL:[[口<kǒu>]], [[把<bǎ>]] / classifier for blows of a sword
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
868
Word Frequency Rank
1,846 of 84,292

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