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劍

Simplified: 剑

On the HSK 6 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

jiàn ㄐㄧㄢˋ

    • double-edged sword
    • classifier for blows of a sword

Other words read jiàn

In the same tone

  • 見 jiàn see
  • 間 jiàn gap
  • 建 jiàn establish
  • 件 jiàn item
  • 漸 jiàn gradual

All 32 words read jiàn

jian with other tones

  • 兼 jiān double
  • 尖 jiān pointed
  • 淺 jiān sound of moving water
  • 煎 jiān pan fry
  • 減 jiǎn lower

All 86 words read jian in any tone

How 劍 is written

    部首 radical
    刂 a form of 刀
    笔画 strokes
    15, with 13 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    僉刂
    形旁 meaning
    刂
    声旁 sound
    僉

    Words with 劍

    Starting with 劍

    All 25 words starting with 劍

    Ending with 劍

    All 21 words ending with 劍

    Containing 劍

    • 刀光劍影 dāoguāngjiànyǐng fig. intense conflict
    • 刀槍劍戟 dāoqiāngjiànjǐ melee combat weapons of ancient China, such as swords, spears and halberds
    • 琴劍飄零 qínjiànpiāolíng floating between zither and sword
    • 鑄劍為犁 zhùjiànwéilí beat swords into plowshares
    • 長嘴劍鴴 chángzuǐjiànhéng long-billed plover

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 劍

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