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手里剑

shǒu lǐ jiàn

3-character word Traditional 手裡劍

What 手里剑 means

1. straight or circular throwing-knife used by ninja and samurai (loanword from Japanese 手裏剣 shuriken)

The characters in 手里剑

• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 剑jiàndouble-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword

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