diff --git a/clj/src/cljd/compiler.cljc b/clj/src/cljd/compiler.cljc
index b734f511..e8cd06b9 100644
--- a/clj/src/cljd/compiler.cljc
+++ b/clj/src/cljd/compiler.cljc
@@ -2230,12 +2230,14 @@
 
 (defn cljd-u32 [n] (bit-and 0xFFFFFFFF n))
 
+(defn cljd-i32 [n] (if (>= n 0x80000000) (- n 0x100000000) n))
+
 (defn cljd-hash-combine [seed hash]
   (cljd-u32
     (bit-xor seed
       (+ hash 0x9e3779b9
         (bit-shift-left seed 6)
-        (bit-shift-right seed 2)))))
+        (bit-shift-right (cljd-i32 seed) 2)))))
 
 (defn cljd-hash
   "Returns the hash for x in cljd."
@@ -2249,11 +2251,13 @@
       (char? x) (hash (str x))
       (symbol? x) (cljd-hash-combine
                     (cljd-u32 (clojure.lang.Murmur3/hashUnencodedChars (name x)))
-                    (hash (namespace x)))
+                    (if-let [ns (namespace x)] (.hashCode ^String ns) 0))
       (keyword? x)
-      (cljd-hash-combine
-        (or (some-> x namespace cljd-hash) 0)
-        (cljd-hash (name x)))
+      (cljd-u32
+        (+ (cljd-hash-combine
+             (cljd-u32 (clojure.lang.Murmur3/hashUnencodedChars (name x)))
+             (if-let [ns (namespace x)] (.hashCode ^String ns) 0))
+           0x9e3779b9))
       :else (throw (ex-info (str "cljd-hash not implemented for " (class x)) {:x x})))))
 
 (defn emit-case* [[op expr clauses default] env]
diff --git a/clj/src/cljd/core.cljd b/clj/src/cljd/core.cljd
index 51867f0a..ba9891f8 100644
--- a/clj/src/cljd/core.cljd
+++ b/clj/src/cljd/core.cljd
@@ -1870,7 +1870,10 @@
                          (zero? idx) (keyword "" (.substring s 1))
                          :else (keyword (.substring s 0 idx) (.substring s (inc idx)))))))
   ([ns name]
-   (Keyword. ns name (hash-combine (if ns (hash-string* ns) 0) (hash-string* name)))))
+   (Keyword. ns name
+     (u32 (+ (hash-combine (m3-hash-unencoded-chars name)
+                            (if ns (string-hashcode* ns) 0))
+             0x9e3779b9)))))
 
 (defn ^bool keyword?
   [x]
@@ -3034,6 +3037,13 @@
    :inline-arities #{1}}
   [x] (.& 0xFFFFFFFF x))
 
+(defn ^int i32
+  ;; Reinterpret the low 32 bits as a signed int32 (in 64-bit Dart int).
+  ;; Inverse of u32. Use for JVM-compatible signed-int32 arithmetic shifts.
+  {:inline (fn [n] `(let [n# ~n] (if (.>= n# 0x80000000) (.- n# 0x100000000) n#)))
+   :inline-arities #{1}}
+  [^int n] (if (>= n 0x80000000) (- n 0x100000000) n))
+
 (defn ^int u32-add
   {:inline (fn [x y] `(u32 (.+ ~(hint-as x `int) ~(hint-as y `int))))
    :inline-arities #{2}}
@@ -3137,7 +3147,7 @@
   (u32 (bit-xor seed
          (+ hash 0x9e3779b9
            (u32-bit-shift-left seed 6)
-           (u32-bit-shift-right seed 2)))))
+           (bit-shift-right (i32 seed) 2)))))
 
 ;;http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u6/jdk/file/8c2c5d63a17e/src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java
 (defn- ^int hash-string* [^String s]
@@ -3149,10 +3159,20 @@
           (m3-hash-u32 hash)))
       0)))
 
+;; raw String.hashCode polynomial — matches Util/hash (no Murmur finalizer)
+(defn- ^int string-hashcode* [^String s]
+  (let [len (.-length s)]
+    (if (pos? len)
+      (loop [^int i 0 ^int h 0]
+        (if (< i len)
+          (recur (inc i) (u32 (+ (u32-mul 31 h) (.codeUnitAt s i))))
+          h))
+      0)))
+
 (defn- ^int hash-symbol [^Symbol sym]
   (hash-combine
     (m3-hash-unencoded-chars (.-name sym))
-    (hash-string* (or (.-ns sym) ""))))
+    (if-let [ns (.-ns sym)] (string-hashcode* ns) 0)))
 
 (deftype HashCache [^:mutable ^#/(Map dynamic int) young
                     ^:mutable ^#/(Map dynamic int) old]
diff --git a/clj/test/cljd/test_clojure/core_test_cljd.cljd b/clj/test/cljd/test_clojure/core_test_cljd.cljd
index 979ee10c..3e2949df 100644
--- a/clj/test/cljd/test_clojure/core_test_cljd.cljd
+++ b/clj/test/cljd/test_clojure/core_test_cljd.cljd
@@ -1209,3 +1209,43 @@
       (is (true? @a))
       (reset! $ a))
     (is (false? @@$))))
+
+(deftest testing-hash-jvm-compat
+  ;; reference values from JVM Clojure 1.12.0 (matches CLJS)
+  (testing "keyword"
+    (is (= -2123407586 (hash :a)))
+    (is (=  1482224470 (hash :b)))
+    (is (= -2146297393 (hash :k)))
+    (is (= -1386151538 (hash :foo/bar)))
+    (is (=  1268894036 (hash :foo))))
+  (testing "symbol"
+    (is (=  -482876059 (hash 'a)))
+    (is (= -1172211299 (hash 'b)))
+    (is (= -1172211204 (hash 'a/b)))
+    (is (=   254379989 (hash 'foo/bar))))
+  (testing "non-ASCII names"
+    (is (= 1223535072 (hash :λ/Ω))))
+  (testing "long names exercise the polynomial loop past int32 wraparound"
+    (let [s (apply str (repeat 100 "x"))]
+      (is (= 1441689385 (hash (keyword s))))))
+  (testing "vector of ints unaffected (regression check)"
+    (is (= 736442005 (hash [1 2 3]))))
+  (testing "string hash unaffected (regression check)"
+    ;; (hash s) routes through hash-string which is hash-string* + cache;
+    ;; ensures the new sign-coercion in hash-combine didn't perturb that path.
+    (is (= 1715862179 (hash "hello")))
+    (is (=          0 (hash "")))))
+
+(deftest testing-hash-equality-contract
+  ;; = implies = hash. The defining contract; assert directly.
+  (testing "interning invariance"
+    (is (= (hash :a) (hash (keyword "a"))))
+    (is (= (hash :foo) (hash (keyword nil "foo"))))
+    (is (= (hash :foo/bar) (hash (keyword "foo" "bar"))))
+    (is (= (hash 'a) (hash (symbol "a"))))
+    (is (= (hash 'foo/bar) (hash (symbol "foo" "bar")))))
+  (testing "keyword vs same-name symbol hash distinctly"
+    (is (not= (hash :foo) (hash 'foo)))
+    (is (not= (hash :foo/bar) (hash 'foo/bar))))
+  (testing "keyword-keyed map (transitively asserts element parity)"
+    (is (= 161871944 (hash {:a 1 :b 2})))))