Moto 剣: Sabre; Sword; BladeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ケン
- Kun'yomi
- つるぎ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 114 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ケン)
- 剣けんsword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade
- 剣道けんどうkendo; swordsmanship
- 剣士けんしswordsman; swordswoman
- 刀剣とうけんsword; dagger
- 剣劇けんげきsword play; samurai drama
- 剣客けんきゃくfencer; swordsman
- 剣豪けんごうmaster fencer
- 真剣しんけんserious; earnest
- 銃剣じゅうけんbayonet
- ゴボウ剣ゴボウけんbayonet
- ペンは剣よりも強しペンはけんよりもつよしthe pen is mightier than the sword
- 両刃の剣りょうばのけんdouble-edged sword
- 佩剣はいけんwearing a sword
- 刀剣商とうけんしょうsword dealer
- 利剣りけんsharp sword
- 剣が峰けんがみねrim of a volcano, esp. Mt. Fuji
- 剣の道けんのみちswordsmanship
- 剣を交えるけんをまじえるto cross swords (with)
- 剣を帯びるけんをおびるto wear a sword at one's side
- 剣を落として舟を刻むけんをおとしてふねをきざむto not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
- 剣先けんさきpoint of a sword
- 剣光けんこうlight emanating from a sword; shimmering of a sword
- 剣匠けんしょうswordsmith
- 剣奴けんどgladiator
- 剣尖けんせんtip of a sword; point of a sword
- 剣山けんざんneedle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
- 剣峻けんしゅんsteep; precipitous
- 剣帯けんたいsword belt
- 剣幕けんまくthreatening attitude; menacing look
- 剣形けんがたsword shape
- 剣戟けんげきweapons; arms
- 剣技けんぎsword skills; swordsmanship
- 剣歯虎けんしこsaber-toothed tiger (sabre)
- 剣状けんじょうsword-shaped
- 剣状突起けんじょうとっきxiphoid process; ensiform cartilage
- 剣状軟骨けんじょうなんこつxiphoid (relating to the lower part of the sternum); chondroxiphoid
- 剣玉けんだまkendama; Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)
- 剣璽けんじsacred sword and jewels
- 剣璽等承継の儀けんじとうしょうけいのぎCeremony for Inheriting the Imperial Regalia and Seals
- 剣石けんいしkeystone
- 剣突くけんつくrough scolding; upbraiding
- 剣竜けんりゅうstegosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Stegosauria)
- 剣聖けんせいmaster swordsman
- 剣舞けんぶsword dance
- 剣術けんじゅつ(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
- 剣術使いけんじゅつつかいfencer; swordsman
Words that use a kun'yomi
- ダモクレスの剣ダモクレスのつるぎsword of Damocles
- 剣の山つるぎのやまmountain of swords; mountain in hell covered in swords (with their tips pointing upward)
- 剣を抜くつるぎをぬくto draw a sword
Other readings
- 剣ケ峰けんがみねrim of a volcano, esp. Mt. Fuji
- 剣ヶ峰けんがみねrim of a volcano, esp. Mt. Fuji
- 剣付き鉄砲けんつきでっぽうfixed bayonet
- 剣先烏賊けんさきいかswordtip squid (Photololigo edulis)
- 剣呑けんのんrisky; dangerous
- 剣微塵子けんみじんこcyclops (any minute crustacean of genus Cyclops)
- 剣橋ケンブリッジCambridge
- 剣法けんぽう(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
- 剣突けんつくrough scolding; upbraiding
- 剣突を食わすけんつくをくわすto burst out in anger
- 剣突を食わせるけんつくをくわせるto angrily reject; to snub
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Kanji that often appear with 剣
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