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剑 (jiàn): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 6

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剑 (jiàn): Double-edged sword — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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HSK 2.0Level 6

HSK 3.0Vocab 6 Recognition 6

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2.

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3.

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剑

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4.

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5.

How to Use 剑

Common word with 剑

One common HSK word with 剑 is 刻舟求剑, meaning "carve a boat to seek a sword / act out an irrelevant solution to a problem".

刻舟求剑 • kè zhōu qiú jiàn • carve a boat to seek a sword / act out an irrelevant solution to a problem • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

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6.

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tā他

jīng精

tōng通

jiàn剑

shù术

duō多

nián

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Pinyinjiàn

Meaningdouble-edged sword

Strokes9

Radical—

Traditional劍

Structure—

Frequency#1554

Zhuyinㄐㄧㄢˋ

UnicodeU+5251

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佥all

A person (人) holds a weapon (刂) that is sharp and double-edged (佥) — a sword or blade.

kè刻

zhōu舟

qiú求

jiàn剑

carve a boat to seek a sword / act out an irrelevant solution to a problem

年

。

He has mastered swordsmanship for many years

Jiàn剑

qiào鞘

shàng上

kè刻

zhe着

měi美

lì丽

de的

huā花

wén纹

。

The scabbard is carved with beautiful patterns.

zhè这

wèi位

jiàn剑

kè客

de的

jiàn剑

fǎ法

fēi非

cháng常

gāo高

chāo超

。

This swordsman's swordsmanship is very superb.

zhè这

bǎ把

gǔ古

lǎo老

de的

jiàn剑

fēi非

cháng常

fēng锋

lì利

。

This ancient double-edged sword is very sharp.

zhè这

bǎ把

bǎo宝

jiàn剑

fēi非

cháng常

fēng锋

lì利

。

This treasured sword is very sharp

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