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短剣

22 strokes in total

📖 English Meaning

dagger, dirk, hour hand, knife

Pronunciation

Hiragana:

たんけん

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Romaji:

tanken

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Character Meanings

短 short; brief; deficient, lacking

剣 sword, dagger, saber

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