Language: Mandarin Chinese
Source: Pleco dictionary. Old photos.
A group of sword makers in Bizen, Japan, active in the Muromachi period.
Bolo simply means knife and is usually used to describe a wide range of Philippine single-edged machete-like tools and weapons.
A Qing military and administrative division.
A Qing military and administrative division.
A Qing military and administrative division.
A Qing military and administrative division.
English name for the húdiédāo (蝴蝶刀)
Chinese for a ranking badge worn by civil and military officials
Old Javanese for a type of arrow with a wheel attached.
Chinese term for "long saber".
A famous bow making shop in Chengdu, active until the 1960s.
A type of Burmese floral scrolling.
Literally: "Spring-autumn blade", an alternative name for the yǎnyuèdāo.
Thai word for a single-edged sword.
Literally "big knife", it is primarily associated with the iconic broad saber of post-imperial China.
Burmese word for their dagger.
Burmese type of sword, worn in scabbard slung from the shoulder.
Dayak name for a blowgun dart
Literally "single saber", it refers to any type of dāo used solely without shield or weapon in the other hand.
Used to describe a wide variety of single-edged tools and weapons.
Qing Chinese for the back of a blade.
Qing Chinese for a groove in a saber blade.
Qing Chinese for a saber scabbard endpiece.