劔

16 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

sword

Kun'yomi
  • つるぎ
On'yomi
  • ケン

Main Radical

刀(KanXi) 人(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

つるぎ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

sword
つるぎ　ケン (Kentei 1)
all
セン　みな (Kentei 1)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
blade, sword, edge
ジン　ニン　は (Kentei 1)
sword, saber, knife
かたな　トウ　ち (2nd, N1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 5294
JIS X 0208 1-49-89
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 556
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 518
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1906
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2400
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 2245
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2f8.5
Four corner code 8785.0