懂中文 Dong Chinese

劍

jiàn

sword

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.

Components
僉 sound component

僉  Sound component

qiān

  

together

刂 meaning component

刂  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Evolution

劍 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
劍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
劍 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
劍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

剑 (劍) 

jiàn

sword, dagger, saber; double-edged sword; CL:口[kǒu],把[bǎ]; classifier for blows of a sword

Most common words with 劍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

剑

double-edged sword

宝剑

(double-edged) sword

剑桥

Cambridge

剑术

fencing

剑客

fencer (i.e. sportsman involved in fencing)