斧

斧 (Kangxi radical 69, 斤+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 金大竹一中 (CKHML), four-corner 8022₁, composition ⿱父斤)

• 𢯋, 䗄, 𨨞(𲈇), 𪂀, 𱡬, 𪂥, 𫿿

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 479, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13539
• Dae Jaweon: page 838, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2023, character 10
• Unihan data for U+65A7

Historical forms of the character 斧
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paʔ) : phonetic 父 (OC *paʔ, *baʔ) + semantic 斤 (“axe”)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-pʷa (“axe”) (STEDT). Cognate with Garo rua (“axe”), Jingpho nwa, ningwa (“axe”), Tangut 𘟬 (*wjị¹, “axe”), Japhug tɯrpa (“axe”).

斧

1. axe; hatchet

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

• Kun: よき (yoki, 斧)

斧(よき) (yoki) 

1. a small hatchet

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

• Go-on: ふ (fu)
• Kan-on: ふ (fu)
• Kun: おの (ono, 斧)^{←をのよき (wono yoki, 斧, historical)}

 斧 on Japanese Wikipedia

From Old Japanese. Logographically attested in the Man'yōshū as 斧, and phonetically attested in the Nihon Ryōiki with the man'yōgana spelling 乎乃.^[1] In turn, from Proto-Japonic *wənə.

• (Tokyo) おの (Atamadaka – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

斧(おの) or 斧(オノ) • (ono) ^{←をの (wono) or ヲノ (wono)?}

1. axe, hatchet
   • 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi, page 9 (back):

     斧 乎乃

     Axe: wono

   • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) (in Portuguese), Nagasaki:
     ^[3]

     Vono. ヲノ (斧) または、 Masacari. (鉞) 斧.

     Wono. Also masakari. A hatchet.

   • 2008 March 15, “アックス・レイダー”, in STARTER(スターター) DECK(デッキ), Konami:

     オノを持(も)つ戦(せん)士(し)。片(かた)手(て)でオノを振(ふ)り回(まわ)す攻(こう)撃(げき)はかなり強(つよ)い。

     Ono o motsu senshi. Katate de ono o furimawasu kōgeki wa kanari tsuyoi.

     An axe-wielding warrior. He swings his axe with only one arm, yet he can deal quite some heavy blows.

Attested in the Shinsen Jikyō of circa 898–901 CE, with the man'yōgana spelling 与支.^[4] Presumably from Proto-Japonic, but the first attestation in Japanese is too late to precisely reconstruct the vowels. Cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *yoki.

Despite widespread regional attestations, the lack of pitch accent information in standard Japanese could imply that this word is not used in modern standard Japanese.

• (Toyama, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi (Nagoya), Tottori, Shimane (Izumo), Okayama (Takamatsu)) よき (Heiban – )^[5] The following dialects listed are Tokyo-type dialects. For more dialectal and accentual data, please consult the source.
• IPA^(key):

• (Ishikawa (Kanazawa)) ゆき (Heiban – )^[5]
• IPA^(key):

斧(よき) • (yoki) 

1. (obsolete or dialectal) a hatchet
   1. (Ibaraki, Nagoya, Hyōgo, Shikoku, Kyūshū) a small hatchet
   2. (Yamanashi) a big hatchet
   3. (southern Tohoku, Kantō, Chūbu, Kansai, Shikoku, Kyūshū) an axe, a hatchet (in general)

This term had apparently referred to a small type of hatchet. Depending on the dialect however, it can also refer to a big type of hatchet.

• 斧琴菊(よきこときく) (yokikotokiku, “a traditional dyeing pattern”)

• “よき【斧】”, in 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten, “Nihon Hōgen Daijiten”) ‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1989, released online 2016, →ISBN

• Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.

斧 • (bu) (hangeul 부)

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From Proto-Japonic *wənə.

斧 (wono₂) (kana をの)

1. an axe, hatchet
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 7, poem 1403:

     三幣帛取神之祝我鎮齊杉原燎木伐殆之國手斧所取奴

     mi₁NUSA TORI KAMI₂ NO₂ PAPURI ga ITUKU SUGI₁PARA TAKI₁GI₂ KO₂RI POTOPOTOsikuni TE WONO₂ TORAYEnu

     In the field of cedars, I take this offering; the god's priest worships. I almost cut the firewood holding the axe in my hand.

斧: Hán Việt readings: phủ
斧: Nôm readings: búa

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