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Jian (sword breaker)

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For the double-edged sword, see Jian.
Jiǎn (middle) depicted in Chinese military compendium Wujing Zongyao

The Jiǎn (simplified Chinese: 锏; traditional Chinese: 鐧; pinyin: Jiǎn), also known as Chinese swordbreaker, is a type of quad-edged straight mace or club specifically designed to break weapons with sharp edges. The traditional Chinese weapons has a rectangular (occasionally hollow ground) cross section with sharp corners, making it ideal to focus on damaging other weapons with brutal impact.[1][2]

See also

Look up 鐧 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

  1. ^ "Chinese Sword Breaker". Reliks.
  2. ^ "A Chinese sword breaker (jian)". mandarinmansion.
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