手里剑 in English shou3 li3 jian4 Meaning

Meanings

  • straight or circular throwing-knife used by ninja and samurai (borrowed word from Japanese 手裏剣 shuriken)

Simplified Characters

手 里 剑

Traditional Characters

手 裡 劍

Pinyin

shou3 li3 jian4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

手shou3hand 里li3variant of 裡|里[li3] 剑jian4double-edged sword