Memory phrase for the Kanji: 剣

剣

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Meaning sword, sabre, blade

Pronunciation

KEN
tsurugi

Explanation

Left: check carefully (originally two people 兄 discussing under a roof. Better in respect to 'examine' 験: a person 人 examining the horse's 馬 mouth 口 [ are the mane and eyes 一 ]), right: knife 刂

Mnemonic
 
Check the knife: It could be a sword.

Radicals

check carefullyDue to the use in “to examine 験”, this radical is seen as the head of a horse (with mane and eyes 一), in front of which a person stands 人 and checks/examines the mouth 口.
刂 cutVariation of sword 刀
coverOther covers are: 冖, 亠 )
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 Vocabulary

剣道 けんどう  Kendo, the way of the sword
真剣 しんけん  seriousness, earnestness

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