Chinese

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dark; gloomy; hidden
dark; gloomy; hidden; secret
 
device; tool; utensil
trad. (暗器)
simp. #(暗器)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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暗器

  1. hidden or concealed weapon (e.g. darts hidden inside the sleeves)

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (暗器):
  • Japanese: (あん)() (anki)
  • Vietnamese: ám khí (暗器)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
あん
Grade: 3

Grade: 4
kan'yōon
Alternative spelling
暗器 (kyūjitai)
 暗器 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Chinese 暗器 (ànqì).

Noun

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(あん)() (anki

  1. (martial arts, weaponry) a hidden weapon
    • 2000 December 20 [1999 May 17], Maekawa, Takeshi, “(きゅう)殿(でん)(ひそ)(おおかみ)!の(まき)”, in (しん)(てっ)(けん)チンミ, 2nd edition, volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 81:
      (れい)(あん)()か‥‥‼
      Rei no anki ka‥‥‼
      That hidden weapon again‥‥⁉