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铓 refers to the sharp point or cutting edge of a bladed implement, such as a sword or knife, the very tip that makes it piercing. It is a phono-semantic compound: on the left, the radical 钅 (metal) signals its connection to metal weaponry; on the right, 芒 (awn or tip of grain) provides the pronunciation and also suggests a sharp point. The traditional variant, 鋩, uses the full metal radical 金. Historically, the character appears in literary descriptions of weaponry and martial arts, denoting the sharpened extremities of metal tools.
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