How to write 劍

劍 (jiàn) means “double-edged sword”. The 劍 stroke order has 15 strokes; the animation above shows them one at a time. Its radical is 刂. To practise how to write 劍, open writing practice; to hear how to pronounce 劍, use the pronunciation trainer.

Words with 劍

• 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