What 鋧 means
The reading shifts between a metal tool and a weapon.
鋧 appears chiefly in 銑鋧. Dictionary glosses define the compound as a small chisel; in the historical chronicle 《陳書》, Xiao Mohe throws a 銑鋧 at an enemy, giving it a pointed-weapon reading often rendered “small spear.” Here 鋧 names a metal object, not an abstract emblem.
Is 鋧 a chisel or a spear?
Read the surrounding passage: the historical glosses differ.
A recognisable form is catalogued on Baoshan slip 2.276, a bamboo slip from Chu during the Warring States period (475–221 BC). The glyph record traces later script stages; databases use 鋧 as its regular-script form.
Later lexicographers connect its weapon sense with 鑹, a small-spear category, and compare it with 簡 in a note on Qin Qiong. These are context-specific comparisons, not proof that the characters are interchangeable.
How do I type 鋧?
Use a Chinese input method by pronunciation or code.
CNS lists Cangjie CBUU (金月山山), and dictionaries list Wubi QHQN. Pinyin input may use xiàn; some dictionaries index 鋧 within 銑鋧 under xiǎn, so the source or IME lexicon can affect the candidate list.
鋧 belongs to literary or specialist writing rather than everyday chat.
Alone, 鋧 does not tell you whether the writer means a chisel or a weapon; read the surrounding phrase.
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsA small chisel.
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1Why does 鋧 show as a blank box?
Switch to a font that includes the character. Taiwan's CNS listing from 2024 reported 鋧 in the default fonts for Windows 10 and later; on other setups, the active font may lack it.
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鋧\92E7Codes and encoding1 code points
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