Xu Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Metal (jīn)
鍔
Kangxi strokes: 17
Page 1314, Entry 01
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced è
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhymes Compilation (Yunhui), Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced è
Jade Chapters (Yupian): The blade of a sword.
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): The tip of a sword.
History of the Former Han (Qianhan): Grinding the sharp blade.
Commentary: The tip of the blade is called the point (feng). The side of the blade is called the edge (e).
Master Zhuang (Zhuangzi), Discourse on Swords: The sword of the Son of Heaven uses the rocks of the Yan Valley and the Stone City as its point, and the mountains of Qi and Dai as its edge.
Also, Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): The same as e (earth ridge).
Zhang Heng, Rhapsody on the Western Capital (Xijing fu): Before and behind, there are no boundaries or edges.
Also, Zhang Heng, Rhapsody on the Western Capital (Xijing fu): With stacked rafters and dense eaves, they are tall and jagged.
Commentary: The terms e-e and lie-lie both describe a tall appearance.