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劍

jiàn

sword, dagger, saber

Strokes
15
Radical
刀
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 剑

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 剑, the simplified form of 劍. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我要一把剑!

    Wǒ yào yī bǎ jiàn

    I want a sword!

  • 把剑给我。

    Bǎ jiàn gěi wǒ

    Give me the sword.

  • 世界上的大学以剑桥最为有名 。

    Shì jiè shàng de dà xué yǐ Jiàn qiáo zuì wèi yǒu míng

    Cambridge is the most famous university in the world.

  • 此剑际遇不凡。

    Cǐ jiàn jì yù bù fán

    This sword has a strange history.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 剑

  • 剑jiàn 4double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
  • 刻舟求剑kè zhōu qiú jiàn 4–1–2–4lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances