劍 — meaning in English
jiàn
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English meaning
- sword noun A long-bladed weapon with a hilt, used for cutting or stabbing.
Senses
劍 is used for these senses in English:
- largehead hairtail A cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus.
- sword (countable) A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
sword — full definition
- noun A long-bladed weapon with a hilt, used for cutting or stabbing.
- noun A suit in Spanish and Italian playing cards, used especially in tarot and fortune-telling.