What 釼 means
It means sword: 釼 is a variant form of 剣.
A late Kamakura-period (medieval Japanese) letter bears the signature 釼阿. An 1811 Fukushima record names 釼術連中, a swordsmanship group.
Japanese readings are けん (ken) and つるぎ (tsu-ru-gi). A Taiwanese dictionary lists Mandarin jiàn in Pinyin, with a falling tone.
Historical or specialist spelling; 剣 is the standard modern Japanese form.
Without context, readers may mistake 釼 for a typo.
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- 釼 · 剣 · 劍 · 劔 · 劒 · 剱 · ken · tsurugi
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In a Japanese input method, enter けん or つるぎ and inspect candidates for 釼; 剣 may appear instead.
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\91FC";
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