剱

See also: 劔 and 劍

剱	U+5271, 剱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5271

← 剰
[U+5270]

CJK Unified Ideographs

割 →
[U+5272]

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 劔 (僉 → 㑒)

Han character

剱 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人人尸竹戈 (OOSHI) or 人人尸大 (OOSK) or 難人人尸竹 (XOOSH) or 難人人尸大 (XOOSK), composition ⿰㑒刃 (G) or ⿰㑒刄 (J))

sword, dagger, saber

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 142, character 28
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 349, character 2
Unihan data for U+5271

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 剱 – see 劍 (“sword; sabre; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 劍).

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	剱
Print standard	劔

Kanji

剱

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 劔)

alternative form of 剣 (“double-edged sword, swordsmanship”)

Readings

Go-on: こん (kon)^{←こん (kon, historical)}^{←こむ (komu, ancient)}
Kan-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)}^{←けむ (kemu, ancient)}
Kun: つるぎ (tsurugi, 剱)^{←つるぎ (turugi, 剱, historical)}^{←つるき (turuki, 剱, ancient)}

Definitions

Kanji in this term
剱
つるぎ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 剱 – see the following entry.

【剣けん】S

[noun] a sword, especially one with a double-edged blade

[noun] swordsmanship

[noun] a bayonet

[noun] (entomology) a stinger

[noun] (entomology) an ovipositor

[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”), with varying designs of double-edged blades

[proper noun] a male given name

Alternative spellings
劔, 劒

(This term, 剱, is an alternative spelling (extended shinjitai) of the above term.)