手斧

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Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	hatchet
simp. and trad. (手斧)		手	斧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒufǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄈㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² fu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒufǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄈㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒufǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-fu³
  - Yale: shǒu-fǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooufuu
  - Palladius: шоуфу (šoufu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² fu²
  - Yale: sáu fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ fuː³⁵/

Noun

手斧

hand axe; adze

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
手	斧
て Grade: 1	おの Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Compound of 手 (te, “hand”) +‎ 斧 (ono, “axe”).

Noun

手(て)斧(おの) • (teono) ^{←てをの (tewono)^?}

(possibly obsolete) adze
hatchet

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
手	斧
ちょうな
Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō
irregular

Alternative spelling
釿

Shift from 手(て)斧(おの) (teono) above.

Noun

手斧(ちょうな) • (chōna) ^{←てうな (teuna)^?}

adze

References

“手斧”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

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