Chinese Character 劍 Meanings and components.

Form

劍

Meaning

劍 meaning[3] in English

Double-Edged Sword.

Cl:口[Kou3],把[Ba3].

Classifier For Blows Of A Sword.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 劍 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are all (僉) , and 'knife' radical in … (刂)

Its radical[1] is: 刀 (dao1) which means: Surname Dao, .刀dao1surname Dao

In cangjie it is written with OOLN

How to write 劍

To write劍jian4double-edged sword you should write a combination of 僉qian1all , 刂dao1'knife' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

僉 + 刂 = 劍

劍 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 劍 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 劍, looks as follow:

劍
Pinyin:jian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Double-Edged Sword . Cl:口[Kou3],把[Ba3] . Classifier For Blows Of A Sword
僉
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: All
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
兄
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Elder Brother
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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