剑 jiàn

sword, dagger, saber

HSK 6 #869

DEFINITIONS

  • sword, dagger, saber
  • double-edged sword
  • CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]
  • classifier for blows of a sword
  • variant of 劍|剑[jian4]

STROKES

剑 stroke order diagram
剑 stroke order animation

WORDS

剑桥 jiàn qiáo Cambridge
宝剑 bǎo jiàn (double-edged) sword; CL:把[ba3],方[fang1]
剑术 jiàn shù swordsmanship
剑客 jiàn kè swordsman
击剑 jī jiàn fencing (sport)
剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility; at daggers drawn
短剑 duǎn jiàn dagger
剑齿虎 jiàn chǐ hǔ saber-toothed tiger
利剑 lì jiàn sharp sword
唇枪舌剑 chún qiāng shé jiàn fight a battle of words; cross verbal swords
双刃剑 shuāng rèn jiàn double-edged sword (lit. and fig.)
佩剑 pèi jiàn sword; (fencing) saber
刀剑 dāo jiàn sword
剑道 jiàn dào kendō (sports)
木剑 mù jiàn wooden sword
舞剑 wǔ jiàn to perform a sword-dance
剑柄 jiàn bǐng sword hilt
剑身 jiàn shēn sword blade
尚方宝剑 shàng fāng bǎo jiàn variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4]; imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers); in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill
花剑 huā jiàn foil (fencing)
重剑 zhòng jiàn épée (fencing)
上方宝剑 shàng fāng bǎo jiàn imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers); imperial Chinese version of 007 licensed to kill
刻舟求剑 kè zhōu qiú jiàn lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
刘剑峰 liú jiàn fēng Liu Jianfeng (1936-), second governor of Hainan
剑嘴鹛 jiàn zuǐ méi (bird species of China) slender-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus superciliaris)
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