My sword

I would like to show the sword given me by my Dad in the interest of learning about its history and school.

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something-HISA

The second kanji is HISA.
The first kanji is unusual - sort of like KIYO, but not really...

Pete

something-HISA

Thank you...the second being the lowest on the tang...a top group of three--> (2) then (1 below) and then the bottom..

Andrew

radicals

Right. The first (upper) kanji has 3 'radicals', two of which are the same.

Pete

Perhaps Haruhisa

from the web

now to find out about him

other readings

You'll want to look into other possible name-readings also, such as KIYO, which I mentioned in my earlier post. This kanji "could" be an odd form of KIYO.
As an example, note that there is a known "KIYOHISA", KIY87.

Pete

readings

O'Neill's book lists these as alternate readings:
Kiyo, Haru, SEI, JOu, Teru, Hare, Nari.

SEI and JOu are not very likely candidates, because they 'Onyomi' readings.

Pete

readings

There are things that I have not done yet like measurments...design features...shapes that indicate schools. I will do these soon