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Translingual
Stroke order
Stroke order (Taiwan)
Han character
戈 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈 +0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 戈 (I ), four-corner 53000 , composition ⿻弋 丿 )
Kangxi radical #62, ⼽ .
Derived characters
Appendix:Chinese radical/戈
伐 , 找 , 㳀 , 牫 , 䄀 , 䂝 , 䇅 , 聀 , 䣬 , 鈛 (𫓨 ), 䰹 , 䴰
划 , 䇝 , 㡲 , 幾 , 畿 , 簚 , 羲 , 威 , 咸 , 歲 , 戌 , 烕 , 武
Additional Derived Characters
𠯫 , 𪥅 , 𡛏 , 𪦷 , 𫼉 , 𣏾 , 𣧌 , 𭻀 , 𥾮 , 𦐂 , 𦣣 , 𦨜 , 𧥾 , 𮙦 , 𧺱 , 𨈟 , 𫏳 , 𩚧 , 𩢅 , 𩫅 , 𩰭 , 𩿙 , 𪗠 , 𭍡 , 𭨜 , 𠶶 , 𭝞 , 𪝠 , 𧶒 , 𭬐 , 𡃣 , 𧔼 , 𩯷
𭆧 , 𨟶 , 𨾓 , 𩾷 , 𢌵 , 𫹳 , 𣏩 , 𤰭 , 𬷁 , 𧕹 , 𦬗 , 𪜋 , 𩂅 , 𨳮 , 𩰎 , 𣇈
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 411 , character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11530
Dae Jaweon: page 752, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1397, character 1
Unihan data for U+6208
Chinese
A bronze dagger-axe.
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
戕
*kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
戈
*koːl
划
*koːlʔ, *koːls, *ɡroːl
Pictogram (象形 ) ― an ancient weapon with a single blade. The vertical handle developed into the long upper-left to lower-right diagonal stroke.
See also 我 , which is the same weapon but with three blades instead of one, making it similar to a trident.
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
戈
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
gē
Middle Chinese
‹ kwa ›
Old Chinese
/*kʷˁaj/
English
dagger-axe
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
戈
Reading #
1/1
No.
3831
Phonetic component
戈
Rime group
歌
Rime subdivision
3
Corresponding MC rime
戈
Old Chinese
/*koːl/
Definitions
戈
( historical ) dagger-axe ( an ancient Chinese weapon similar to a halberd )
a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
戈
(Hyōgai kanji )
pike (weapon)
Readings
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 戈 – see the following entry.
(This term, 戈 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Korean
Hanja
戈 (eumhun 창 과 ( chang gwa ) )
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Vietnamese
Han character
戈 : Hán Nôm readings: qua , quơ , quờ
chữ Nôm form of qua ( “ to cross ; to go across ” )
Compounds