筅

Information about character(s)

Radical: 竹
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiǎn
Cantonese: sin2
JapaneseKun: SASARA
JapaneseOn: SEN
Korean: SEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: bamboo brush; halberd

CE-Dict: bamboo brush for utensils

康熙字典文字版 【未集上】【竹字部】筅
【廣韻】【集韻】𠀤蘇典切，音銑。筅，筅帚。【廣韻】飯具，同箲。【正字通】狼筅，兵器。【戚繼光·武藝篇】狼筅用大毛竹上截，連旁附枝，節節枒杈。視之，粗可二尺，長一丈五六尺，利刃在頂，長一尺。郭應響云：臨敵，他技單薄，膽易搖奪，惟筅遮蔽全身，刀鎗叢刺不能入。用爲行列，乃行伍籓籬也。