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Descendants

 * (In Japanese )
 * (In )

Glyph origin
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Etymology
proposes a possible native origin, from *k-nominalized adjective, which is from and lost its *r- initial due to folk etymology; doublets  and  retain *r-.

Alternatively, the double-edged sword seemingly originated from the state of  ; so a native Wu term, of unknown linguistic affiliation, might have yielded both 🇨🇬  and 🇨🇬 ( > 🇨🇬).

Definitions

 * 1) sword (bladed on both sides); sabre

Kanji

 * : double-edged sword; swordsmanship

Etymology
From.

Han character

 * 1) sword

Usage notes

 * Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese word for sword is kiếm.