shou3
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  1. straight or circular throwing-knife used by ninja and samurai (loanword from Japanese 手裏剣 shuriken)

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  • 手 (手): hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
  • 里 (裏): variant of 裡|里[li3]
  • 剑 (劍): double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword

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