U+5263 "剣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5263 "剣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a sinograph character that is a variant of the more common character 劍 (or 剑 in simplified Chinese), representing a sword or blade, and is predominantly used in Japanese writing where it is pronounced "ken" or "tsurugi" and is a component of words related to swordsmanship, such as 剣道 (kendo, the "way of the sword"). This character belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Unified Ideographs block in Unicode, enabling consistent digital representation across East Asian text systems. Its structure combines the radical 刀 (knife or sword) with the phonetic element 佥, though in this variant the left-hand radical appears as 金 (gold or metal) to emphasize the metallic nature of a blade.