Chinese symbol for “pommel”

镡

xín

Traditional: 鐔

guard (on a sword handle); pommel (on a sword handle); dagger; Taiwan pr. [tan2]

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pommel is 镡 (xín), defined as: guard (on a sword handle); pommel (on a sword handle); dagger; Taiwan pr. [tan2].

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

镡 xín

dagger, dirk, short-sword

radical 167 ⾦ · 17 strokes

Traditional forms

鐔 xín

See also: Japanese symbol for “pommel”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.