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Strong / Healthy

 jiàn
 ken
 
Strong / Healthy Scroll

This “strong” character is the more “healthy” version of strong. 健 is the “strong” that is appropriate for an athlete.

Beyond “healthy,” it can also mean strength, persistence, vigorous, or invigorated/invigoration.

 jiàn
 ken / tsurugi
 
Sword Scroll

劍 is pronounced “jian” in Chinese. When you say it, imagine that you are making the sound of a sword as it clashes with a metal shield. This might get you closer to the correct pronunciation in Chinese.

I actually wonder if this word came from the metallic ringing sounds of a sword in battle - but such knowledge is lost in history.

The sword is a symbol of a warrior. The one thing that a soldier in ancient China lived and died by. A warrior with his skills and sword proves himself of great value. A warrior who losses his sword instantly becomes worthless.

劍 is an excellent scroll for someone in the military (especially officers of all services - as well as enlisted NCO Marines since they still carry swords even if mainly for ceremonial purposes). Or perhaps someone who practices variations of kung fu or tai chi that involve weapons.

Please note that while this character is understood with the sword meaning in Japanese, you might be looking for the word “katana” which also means sword in Japanese but means “knife” in Chinese.


There are other ways to write sword, and here are a few...
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 jiàn
 ken
Sword Scroll

剱 is the modern Japanese way to write sword.

This Kanji character comes from original Chinese. This form would also be understood in Chinese (there are often several ways to write the same character) but I suggest this one only if your audience is Japanese (because they've settled on a slightly different form as the standard in China).

In Japanese, this character also means saber/sabre, blade, bayonet, stinger, and clock hand (clock hands are the “swords” of the clock).


See Also:  Katana


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 yutaka
    ゆたか

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Strong / Healthy
healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen; to be good at; to be strong in
(personal name) Yutaka
Sturdy, strong, hard, bold; unwearied; translit. ga, gha.

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 mayaka
    まやか

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Sword
Japanese variant of 劍|剑
sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (1) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (2) bayonet; (3) swordsmanship; (4) stinger; ovipositor; dart; (female given name) Mayaka


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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 ken
    つるぎ

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Sword
double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
(out-dated kanji) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (out-dated kanji) (1) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (2) bayonet; (3) swordsmanship; (4) stinger; ovipositor; dart
A sword, a two-edged sword.; A sword, two-edged sword.

健康

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jiàn kāng
    jian4 kang1
chien k`ang
    chien kang
 kenkou / kenko
    けんこう

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Good Health
health; healthy
(1) health; (adjectival noun) (2) healthy; sound; fit; wholesome; (given name) Takeyasu

健美

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jiàn měi
    jian4 mei3
chien mei
 masami
    まさみ

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Strong and Beautiful
healthy and beautiful; to do fitness exercises; abbr. for 健美運動|健美运动[jian4 mei3 yun4 dong4]
(female given name) Masami

先見


先见

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xiān jiàn
    xian1 jian4
hsien chien
 senken
    せんけん

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Foresight
foresight; prescience
(noun, transitive verb) foresight; anticipation; (personal name) Sakimi

再見


再见

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zài jiàn
    zai4 jian4
tsai chien
 shaichen; shaichien
    ツァイチェン; ツァイチエン

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Goodbye
goodbye; see you again later
(interjection) (kana only) good-bye (chi: zàijiàn); see you

建造

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jiàn zào
    jian4 zao4
chien tsao
 kenzou / kenzo
    けんぞう

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Kenzo
to construct; to build
(noun, transitive verb) building; construction; (personal name) Takezou

強健


强健

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qiáng jiàn
    qiang2 jian4
ch`iang chien
    chiang chien
 kyouken / kyoken
    きょうけん

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Robust / Sturdy
sturdy
(noun or adjectival noun) robust (health); strong (constitution); sturdy

意見


意见

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jiàn
    yi4 jian4
i chien
 iken
    いけん

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Idea / Thought
idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint; CL:點|点[dian3],條|条[tiao2]
(1) opinion; view; comment; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) scolding; reprimand; rebuke; admonition; cautioning; warning
Thoughts, ideas, concepts, views.

日漸


日渐

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jiàn
    ri4 jian4
jih chien

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Progress Day by Day
to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day; more (or better etc) with each passing day

正見


正见

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zhèng jiàn
    zheng4 jian4
cheng chien
 shouken / shoken
    しょうけん
{Buddh} (See 八正道) right view; (female given name) Masami
samyag-dṛṣṭi, right views, understanding the four noble truths; the first of the 八正道; 'knowledge of the four noble truths. ' Keith.

見性


见性

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jiàn xìng
    jian4 xing4
chien hsing
 kenshou / kensho
    けんしょう

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Kensho - Initial Enlightenment
self-awareness; consciousness of one's own character
To behold the Buddha-nature within oneself, a common saying of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitive School.

佛知見


佛知见

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fó zhī jiàn
    fo2 zhi1 jian4
fo chih chien
 bucchiken

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Wisdom and Insight of the Buddha
The penetrative power of Buddha's wisdom, or vision.

建築師


建筑师

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jiàn zhù shī
    jian4 zhu4 shi1
chien chu shih

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Architect
architect

弓箭手

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gōng jiàn shǒu
    gong1 jian4 shou3
kung chien shou

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Archer
archer

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 ken
    けん
item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
(n,ctr) (1) matter; affair; case; item; subject; (counter) (2) counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; (counter) (3) counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.); (female given name) Kudan

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
short; shallow; thin plate

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
to overstep one's authority; to usurp

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
(bound form) to overstep one's authority


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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 tsurugi
    つるぎ
variant of 劍|剑[jian4]
(out-dated kanji) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (out-dated kanji) (1) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (2) bayonet; (3) swordsmanship; (4) stinger; ovipositor; dart; (surname) Tsurugi

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 yakata
    やかた
to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
(n,n-suf,n-pref) contract; commitment; (archaism) leader of a fearless tribe; (personal name) Yakata
To found, set up, establish, build.

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 magaki
    まがき
fence; palisade
(surname) Magaki

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike; (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
shuttlecock

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
flowing water; successive


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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 zen
    ぜん
gradual; gradually
gradual progress; (given name) Zen
Gradual, by degrees, to flow little by little.


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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 kan
    かん
mountain stream
(numeric) 10^36; undecillion; (surname) Uruoi


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jiàn
    jian4
chien
to splash

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
to arrive (of water)

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Strong
Healthy
kenjiàn / jian4 / jianchien
Sword
ken / tsurugijiàn / jian4 / jianchien
Sword
kenjiàn / jian4 / jianchien
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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