殳
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Meaning: ancient staff-like weapon made of bamboo or wood
💡 Imagine a bamboo staff (殳) with 4 strokes, like a simple weapon.
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Character Story & Explanation
In a quiet courtyard in Xi'an, an elderly man demonstrates ancient martial arts with a long bamboo staff. 'This is 殳 (shū),' he says, 'an old weapon used in pre-Qin times.' Though rare today, 殳 appears as a component in characters like 没 (méi, 'not have') and 般 (bān, 'sort'), hinting at its historical role in combat.
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