Memory phrase for the character: 剣

剣

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sword, sabre, blade

KEN
tsurugi

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

Check the knife: It could be a sword.

	check carefully	Due 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	cut	Variation of sword 刀
	cover	Other covers are: 冖, 亠 )

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

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