IDENTITY
剑jiànsword
HSK 4Top 950
CORE MEANING
sword
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.swordHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 刂knife radical (dāo)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰佥刂
- gives the sound jiàn
- blade
USAGE
Common words
宝剑bǎojiàntreasured sword
剑术jiànshùswordsmanship
Graded examples
他喜欢看武侠电影里的剑客。Tā xǐhuan kàn wǔxiá diànyǐng lǐ de jiànkè.HSK5
He likes watching swordsmen in martial arts movies.
RELATIONS
In these chengyu
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 检
LEARNING
Memory aid
A blade (刂) all (佥) metal — the sword. (From 劍.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #950
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
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