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**Guaranano** · 02-01-2006, 07:00 AM

Tsurugi and ken are the same character. Katana and to are the same character. Tsurugi and katana are the Japanese pronunciations of the character and usually refer to a specific kind of sword (older-style straight sword and curved single edged sword worn in belt). Ken and to are the chinese pronunciations of the characters and are usually used in a more generic fashion to mean "sword" (kendo, bokken, iaito, daito).

02-01-2006, 07:00 AM	#2
Guaranano Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	Tsurugi and ken are the same character. Katana and to are the same character. Tsurugi and katana are the Japanese pronunciations of the character and usually refer to a specific kind of sword (older-style straight sword and curved single edged sword worn in belt). Ken and to are the chinese pronunciations of the characters and are usually used in a more generic fashion to mean "sword" (kendo, bokken, iaito, daito).
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