匕首

Noun

 * 1) dagger

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Etymology 1
From, possibly from. Appears in texts from at least the 1300s.

The Chinese dagger was sometimes used for assassination, and had a spoon-shaped blade tip designed to inflict damage on the victim's neck. Hence the spelling, literally +.

Noun

 * :, a type of dagger

Etymology 2
The spelling is, based on a roughly similar kind of dagger used in China. That dagger was sometimes used for assassination, and had a spoon-shaped blade tip designed to inflict damage on the victim's neck. Hence the spelling, literally +.