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Readings

Kana: ケン、つるぎ

Romaji: ken, tsurugi

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

sword

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 15

Radical Number: 18

Frequency:

Grade: 10

Skip Pattern: 1-13-2

Korean Reading: geom

Chinese Reading: jian4

Unicode: 528d

JIS: 5178

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1903

Nelson Index: 708

New Nelson Index: 514

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2f8.5

Four Corner Index: 8280.0

Japanese Names Index: 2674

Daikanwanjiten Index: 2228

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0352

2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1679

Kodansha Kanji Index: 2397

Words

剣 (けん、つるぎ)

sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor; dart