戈

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See also: 弋 and 𠀋
戈 U+6208, 戈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6208
← 戇
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 戉 →
⼽ U+2F3D, ⼽
KANGXI RADICAL HALBERD
← ⼼
 		Kangxi Radicals ⼾ →

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)

  1. Kangxi radical #62, ⼽.

Derived characters

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

simp. and trad.
 戈
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A bronze dagger-axe.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 戈
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (戈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
戕 *kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
戈 *koːl
划 *koːlʔ, *koːls, *ɡroːl

Pictogram (象形) ― a tool or weapon on a pole, the pole having developed into the long upper-left to lower-right diagonal stroke.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 戈
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古禾切
Baxter kwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kuɑ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kuɑ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwa/
Li
Rong 		/kuɑ/
Wang
Li 		/kuɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kuɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guō
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwo1
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

  1. (historical) dagger-axe (an ancient Chinese weapon similar to a halberd)
  2. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

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Kanji

戈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. pike (weapon)

Readings

Definitions

Kanji in this term
戈
ほこ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 戈 – see the following entry.
【矛ほこ】S
a Chinese spear; a lance; a halberd
Alternative spellings
鉾, 鋒, 戟
(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

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Compounds

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