剑
劍
- Radical
- 刂
- Strokes
- 9
- Residual strokes
- 7
Mandarin
jiàn
Teochew
Glyph
- Radical
- 刂
- Residual strokes
- 7 strokes
- Strokes
- 9 strokes
- Mandarin
- jiàn
Definitions by reading
giem3
Mandarin equivalent jiàn
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng
giam3
Chaoyang
giam3
Chenghai
giang3
Jieyang
giam3
Raoping
giam3
Shantou
giam3
①兵器,两面有刃：刀枪剑戟 ②劒jiàn1.同"剑"。
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001
GuangyunPhonological reconstruction
1
見母 三等 開口 嚴韵 去声 居欠切
Reconstruction:
Original
釋名曰：劒，檢也，所以防檢非常也。廣雅曰：龍泉、太阿、干將、鏌鋣、斷蛇、魚腸、純鈞、燕支、蔡倫、屬鹿、干隊、堂谿、墨陽、巨闕、辟閭，並劒名也。崔豹古今注云：吳大皇帝有寶劒六，一曰白虹，二曰紫電，三曰辟邪，四曰流星，五曰青冥，六曰百里。列子云：孔周有三劒，一曰含光，二曰承影，三曰霄練。吳王賜子胥屬鏤之劒而死。周穆王有錕鋙劒，切玉如泥，居欠切一。