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鏾

Information about character(s)

Radical: 金
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 20
Variants: 𠜎

Pronunciation

Pinyin: sǎn, xiàn, sà
Cantonese: sin3

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: the trigger of a crossbow; crossbow

CE-Dict: the trigger of a crossbow/crossbow

康熙字典文字版 【戌集上】【金字部】 鏾
【廣韻】蘇旱切【集韻】顙旱切，𠀤音散。弩牙緩也。　又【集韻】先旰切，音繖。弩也。　又【正字通】一說弩無鏾名，鏾音線。今俗雄雞去勢謂之鏾，與宦牛、閹豬、騸馬義同。郭師孔誤書鏾作線，說見謇齋瑣綴錄，舊註音散，非。臞仙肘後經作鐓，雞鏾亦俗增也。