2025年1月8日 · Particularly: “The modern Sinitic meaning of "gun" (which none of the Sino-Xenic languages use; 銃 (OC *tʰjuŋs) is used instead, while 槍 retains the original "spear" meaning) supposedly stems from a shortening of 突火槍, aka the "fire lance", an early proto-gun invented around the Song dynasty. [1]