剱

See also: 劔 and 劍

剱 U+5271, 剱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5271 ← 剰 [U+5270] CJK Unified Ideographs 割 → [U+5272]

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 劔 (僉 → 㑒)

Han character

剱 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人人尸竹戈 (OOSHI) or 人人尸大 (OOSK) or 難人人尸竹 (XOOSH) or 難人人尸大 (XOOSK), composition ⿰㑒刃 (G) or ⿰㑒刄 (J))

1. sword, dagger, saber

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 142, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 349, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5271

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 剱 – see 劍 (“sword; sabre; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 劍).

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	剱
Kyūjitai	劔

Kanji

剱

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 劔)

1. Alternative form of 剣 (“double-edged sword, swordsmanship”)

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)^{←こん (kon, historical)←こむ (komu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)←けむ (kemu, ancient)}
• Kun: つるぎ (tsurugi, 剱)^{←つるぎ (turugi, 剱, historical)←つるき (turuki, 剱, ancient)}