double-edged sword / CL:口[kou3],把[ba3] / classifier for blows of a sword

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is fighting against Fu Qian (佥) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). While Joan of Arc is wielding a double-edged sword (剑) Fu Qian only wields a kitchen knife (刂).
variant of 劍|剑[jian4]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is fighting against Fu Qian (佥) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). While Joan of Arc is wielding a double-edged sword (剑) Fu Qian only wields a kitchen knife (刂).

剑 character breakdown

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= + + : Mnemonic symbol: General 傅佥.

The Queen of Hearts wants to drive all the cats out of the anthill. Outside of it she put on a pointed cap, sprinkled some catnip and starts to play her flute like the Pied Piper of Hamelin. She plays and plays but no cats come out at all, just the General Fu Qian is attracted by the catnip.
Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).

Characters with 剑 as component

剑 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 剑

(double-edged) sword / CL:把[ba3],方[fang1]
fencing (sport)
lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility / at daggers drawn
kendō (sports)
variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4] / imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill
lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous
a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
Jiange county in Guangyuan 廣元|广元[Guang3 yuan2], Sichuan
Jiange county in Guangyuan 廣元|广元[Guang3 yuan2], Sichuan
imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill
straight or circular throwing-knife used by ninja and samurai (loanword from Japanese 手裏剣 shuriken)
fencer (i.e. sportsman involved in fencing)
floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
Dorado (constellation)
(bird species of China) common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Sentences with 剑

1
1
zha̅ng
jiàn
hé
guài
wu
Chapter 1: the sword and the monster