剑jiàn
sword. 9 strokes, radical 刂, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin jiànStrokes 9Radical 刂Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 剑
Strokes 1–7 write 佥, then strokes 8–9 write 刂.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 剑 · the stroke-order rules
What 剑 is made of
佥 (qiān, all) and 刂 (dāo, knife).
刂 carries the meaning — knife — and 佥 carries the sound.
Words that use 剑
| 剑 | sword 指古代的一种兵器 在展柜前观察出土青铜古剑。In the display case, they saw an unearthed bronze sword. Lesson 598, 笃行明辨 · 明辨求是与卓越笃行 · Rigorous Discernment, Discipline & Excellence |
Characters that share the sound part 佥
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 刂
All 20 of them, and what the radical means, on the 刂 radical page.