Read Edit View history 剑 jiàn HSK6 sword Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 劍. Pinyin Separate values with commas jiàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 劍 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 剑 Simp strokes 剑 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 刂 is a component form of 刀. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 剑 Simp strokes 剑 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 剑 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 322, 793 ], [ 347, 767 ], [ 356, 740 ], [ 318, 663 ], [ 208, 496 ], [ 101, 372 ], [ 71, 351 ] ], [ [ 364, 669 ], [ 397, 663 ], [ 458, 627 ], [ 496, 594 ], [ 510, 568 ] ], [ [ 243, 442 ], [ 305, 443 ], [ 413, 476 ], [ 460, 478 ] ], [ [ 175, 293 ], [ 231, 240 ], [ 251, 196 ] ], [ [ 284, 339 ], [ 332, 289 ], [ 346, 258 ] ], [ [ 430, 381 ], [ 446, 373 ], [ 463, 340 ], [ 412, 196 ], [ 400, 171 ], [ 382, 155 ] ], [ [ 133, 91 ], [ 141, 83 ], [ 201, 66 ], [ 538, 183 ] ], [ [ 593, 569 ], [ 619, 540 ], [ 623, 525 ], [ 620, 295 ], [ 625, 256 ] ], [ [ 756, 777 ], [ 774, 769 ], [ 806, 736 ], [ 802, 416 ], [ 810, 79 ], [ 789, 28 ], [ 755, 36 ], [ 650, 80 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 369 691 Q 384 713 398 725 Q 408 735 403 750 Q 399 763 369 788 Q 341 807 322 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191 298 Q 178 304 172 303 Q 168 300 166 289 Q 167 279 185 256 Z", "M 275 326 Q 323 250 342 244 Q 354 241 363 257 Q 366 267 361 288 Q 354 307 332 320 Q 299 344 284 350 Q 275 353 273 342 Q 270 335 275 326 Z", "M 411 157 Q 429 184 469 275 Q 479 300 498 330 Q 513 343 503 354 Q 493 370 459 389 Q 444 399 427 390 Q 417 386 424 374 Q 439 329 385 178 Q 379 162 378 148 C 374 118 395 132 411 157 Z", "M 378 148 Q 204 103 195 101 Q 129 101 129 99 Q 125 96 124 90 Q 121 77 134 68 Q 170 43 185 35 Q 204 26 225 38 Q 277 66 518 164 Q 537 171 544 178 Q 551 187 540 191 Q 528 194 411 157 L 378 148 Z", "M 579 559 Q 609 493 592 319 Q 585 289 615 249 Q 625 239 635 250 Q 653 280 653 380 Q 649 467 656 528 Q 663 553 641 564 Q 625 574 606 583 Q 593 587 583 581 Q 574 574 579 559 Z", "M 772 699 Q 778 662 780 106 Q 780 84 767 74 Q 757 65 732 71 Q 702 77 675 81 Q 639 91 643 80 Q 644 73 667 59 Q 742 11 762 -19 Q 786 -53 803 -53 Q 818 -54 831 -17 Q 847 31 843 106 Q 824 347 829 589 Q 832 680 845 727 Q 861 758 804 782 Q 770 800 749 793 Q 730 786 748 762 Q 770 734 772 699 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.