剣

Glyph origin
Unorthodox variant of.

Kanji

 * 1) double-edged sword
 * 2) swordsmanship

Alternative forms




Etymology 1
→ →

From.

Compare modern 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a sword, especially one with a double-edged blade
 * 2) swordsmanship
 * 3) a bayonet
 * 4)  a stinger
 * 5)  an ovipositor
 * a, with varying designs of double-edged blades
 * 1)  an ovipositor
 * a, with varying designs of double-edged blades

Usage notes
This term refers to swords in general.

Derived terms

 * : kendo, the Japanese martial art of the sword
 * : kendo, the Japanese martial art of the sword
 * : kendo, the Japanese martial art of the sword
 * : kendo, the Japanese martial art of the sword
 * : kendo, the Japanese martial art of the sword
 * : kendo, the Japanese martial art of the sword
 * : kendo, the Japanese martial art of the sword

Etymology 2
→ * →

Shift from turuki,  itself of  derivation.

A surface analysis suggests that this might be a compound of + ki, but there is no clear etymon for the ki portion. One possibility would be, read as kiba in modern but also appearing as ki in 🇨🇬 contexts. Such usage might parallel the combined and  meanings of the term ha, spelled more specifically as  and, with these two senses listed as cognates in Japanese dictionaries.

More tentative suggestions have been connections to Austronesian, such as 🇨🇬, but such possibilities seem only speculative at present.

Noun

 * 1) a sword

Usage notes
This term usually refers more specifically to double-edged swords, as opposed to the single-edged.

Etymology 3
. Japanese names often apply readings from other words to allude to different meanings.

Etymology
The variation between turugi₁ or turuki₁ suggests a compound origin. Alternatively, it may possibly be a misspelling of turugi₁, as there was not a phonemic distinction of voiced and voiceless consonants in most Old Japanese texts. However, turuki₁ is attested in the Nihon Shoki.

A surface analysis suggests that this might be a compound of + ki, but there is no clear etymon for the ki portion. One possibility would be, in spite that KI is not attested phonographically in Old Japanese. Such usage might parallel the combined and  meanings of the term ha, spelled more specifically as  and, with these two senses listed as cognates in Japanese dictionaries.

More tentative suggestions have been connections to Austronesian, such as 🇨🇬, but such possibilities seem only speculative at present.

Noun

 * 1) sword