Bone Arrowhead

It names an arrowhead made from animal bone. Dictionaries use 骲頭 for the head itself and 骲箭 for an arrow fitted with one. The compounds name an object, not a mood or reaction.

In its 2024 dictionary, Taiwan's Ministry of Education says 《說文》, an early Chinese character dictionary, does not record 骲. A 477 CE entry in 《資治通鑑》, a historical chronicle, uses 骲箭 for a less harmful arrow in an archery scene. Later sources, including 《廣韻》 and Yuan dynasty poetry, preserve the word. This attests to use by 477 CE, not its origin.

Why was a 骲箭 made?

It served ceremonial archery and other specialized uses. The Qin Shihuangdi Mausoleum Museum identifies a flat-headed form as the later 骨骲 or 骲箭, a ceremonial archery implement, and contrasts it with sharp four-sided arrowheads.

The museum traces it through older names: 志矢, 平题 in the Han period, then 骨骲 or 骲箭. By the Qing period, records list blunt and whistling arrow types for display, practice, sport, signaling, and hunting; the term had broadened beyond one material or shape.

Should I send 骲 on its own?

Only if the historical context is already clear.

As of 2026, 骲 has no established modern messaging sense; alone, it reads as an obscure historical term rather than a clear reaction.