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剑 jiàn

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剑 jiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiàn | jian4
English translation
double-edged sword
CL:口 kǒu [kǒu],把 bǎ [bǎ]
classifier for blows of a sword
variant of 劍 jiàn
>剑 jiàn [jiàn]
sword, dagger, saber

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About 剑 jiàn

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HSK level

6

Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

劍 jiàn

Contains the radical

刂 dāo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

knife

Etymology of 剑 jiàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰佥刂

Semantic compound

刂 dāo

Phonetic compound

佥 qiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 dāo represents the meaning and 佥 qiān represents the sound. Simplified form of 劍 jiàn .

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Example sentences using 剑 jiàn

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剑 jiàn 和 hé 狼牙棒是 shì 肉搏战 ròu bó zhàn 的 de 最佳 zuì jiā 武器 wǔqì .

The sword and mace were favourite weapons for hand - to - hand fighting .

阳光 yángguāng 把 bǎ 出鞘 chū qiào 的 de 剑 jiàn 照得 zhào dé 闪闪 shǎn shǎn 发亮 fā liàng .

The sun gleamed on naked swords.

暴 Bào 食 shí 杀人 shā rén 胜 shèng 刀剑 dāo jiàn .

Gluttony kill more than the sword.

刀 Dāo 剑 jiàn 挥舞 huī wǔ ,旌旗 jīng qí 飘扬 piāoyáng .

Swords brandished and banners waved.

旌旗 jīng qí 蔽 bì 日 Rì , 刀剑 dāo jiàn 如 rú 麻 má .

There are myriads of flags enough to conceal the sun, and swords are as numerous as a field of hemp.

Words with 剑 jiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
剑 jiàn double-edged sword劍 jiàn
宝剑 bǎo jiàn (double-edged) sword寶劍
剑桥 Jiàn qiáo Cambridge劍橋
剑术 jiàn shù fencing劍術
剑客 jiàn kè fencer (i.e. sportsman involved in fencing)劍客
击剑 jī jiàn fencing (sport)擊劍
利剑 lì jiàn sharp sword利劍
剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng at daggers drawn劍拔弩張
刀剑 dāo jiàn sword刀劍
双刃剑 shuāng rèn jiàn double-edged sword (both lit. and fig.)雙刃劍
佩剑 pèi jiàn sword佩劍
短剑 duǎn jiàn dagger短劍
唇枪舌剑 chún qiāng shé jiàn fight a battle of words唇槍舌劍
剑齿虎 jiàn chǐ hǔ saber-toothed tiger劍齒虎
重剑 zhòng jiàn épée (fencing)重劍
剑桥大学 Jiàn qiáo Dà xué University of Cambridge劍橋大學
花剑 huā jiàn foil (fencing)花劍
剑道 jiàn dào kendō (sports)劍道
舞剑 wǔ jiàn to perform a sword-dance舞劍

剑 jiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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剑 jiàn Decomposition

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