鉞
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石鉞
Stone broad-axe (left)
See also: 钺
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Translingual
Han character
鉞 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金戈女 (CIV), four-corner 83150, composition ⿰釒戉)
- broad-axe, a battle axe, halberd
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1302, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40313
- Dae Jaweon: page 1803, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4184, character 9
- Unihan data for U+925E
Chinese
| trad. | 鉞 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 钺 | |
| alternative forms | 戉 | |
Stone broad-axe (left)
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷad) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 戉 (OC *ɢʷad, “battle axe”).
Originally written 戉, see there for more.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
- Wade–Giles: yüeh4
- Yale: ywè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
- Palladius: юэ (jue)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jyut6
- Yale: yuht
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyt9
- Guangdong Romanization: yud6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: hjwot
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʷat/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷad/
Definitions
鉞
- (historical) a type of battle axe used in ancient China
- 王左杖黃鉞，右秉白旄以麾，曰：「逖矣，西土之人！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
- Wáng zuǒ zhàng huáng yuè, yòu bǐng bái máo yǐ huī, yuē: “Tì yǐ, xītǔ zhī rén!”
- In his left hand he carried a battle-axe yellow with gold, and in his right he held a white ensign, which he waved, saying, 'Far are ye come, ye men of the western regions!'
王左杖黄钺，右秉白旄以麾，曰：「逖矣，西土之人！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
鉞
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鉞 |
| まさかり Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
The final -kari may be the nominalized form of 刈る (karu, “cut”).
Noun
- a large axe
See also
- 斧 (ono)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鉞 |
| えつ Hyōgai |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 鉞 (MC hjwot).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (historical) an ancient Chinese bronze battle-axe
Korean
Hanja
鉞 • (wol) (hangeul 월, revised wol, McCune–Reischauer wŏl, Yale wel)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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