How to write 剑

剑 (jiàn) means “double-edged sword”. The 剑 stroke order has 9 strokes; the animation above shows them one at a time. Its radical is 刂. To practise how to write 剑, open writing practice; to hear how to pronounce 剑, use the pronunciation trainer.

Words with 剑

• 剑 — jiàn, double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
• 刻舟求剑 — kè zhōu qiú jiàn, lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances