To better understand the TUTORIALS of DAO&NANDAO and for increasing the personal WUSHU culture of those who follow us, we decided to report the names of DAO&NANDAO different parts and components.

The chinese name of SCABBARD is 刀鞘 dāo qiào.

刀的构造为刀身 dāo shēn、护手(盘) hù shǒu (pán)、刀柄 dāo bǐng、刀首 dāo shǒu 4部分.
The structure of DAO&NANDAO consists of 4 parts: blade body, guard, handle and head/pommel.

刀首 dāo shǒu：为刀柄 dāo bǐng 底端的金属套头.
The head is the metal sleeve/pommel at the bottom of the knife handle.

刀柄 dāo bǐng ：为护手盘hù shǒu (pán)与刀首 dāo shǒu 之间，手握的位置.
The handle position (where is hand grip) is between the guard and the head.

刀身 dāo shēn：由刀尖 dāo jiān、刀刃 dāo rèn、刀背 dāo bèi、刀面 dāo miàn组成.
The Blade is composed by tip, blade, back and face.

护手(盘) hù shǒu (pán)：为刀身与刀柄之间椭圆形盘.
The hand guard in a plate between the blade and the handle.

ONLY FOR DAO ( BROADSWORD ) —-> 刀彩 dāo cǎi （coloured fabrics）

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