鉞

鉞 U+925E, 鉞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-925E ← 鉝 [U+925D] CJK Unified Ideographs 鉟 → [U+925F]

鉞 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金戈女 (CIV), four-corner 8315₀, composition ⿰釒戉)

1. broad-axe, a battle axe, halberd

• 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

trad.		鉞
simp.		钺
alternative forms		戉

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.

鉞

1. (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.]
     王左杖黄钺，右秉白旄以麾，曰：「逖矣，西土之人！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Wáng zuǒ zhàng huáng yuè, yòu bǐng bái máo yǐ huī, yuē: “Tì yǐ, xītǔ zhī rén!” [Pinyin]

     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!'

(Hyōgai kanji)

• On (unclassified): えつ (etsu)
• Kun: まさかり (masakari, 鉞)

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”).

鉞(まさかり) • (masakari) 

1. a large axe

• 斧(おの) (ono)

Kanji in this term
鉞
えつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 鉞 (MC hjwot).

• IPA^(key): [e̞t͡sɨ]

鉞(えつ) • (etsu) ^{←ゑつ (wetu)?}

1. (historical) an ancient Chinese bronze battle-axe

鉞 • (wol) (hangeul 월, revised wol, McCune–Reischauer wŏl, Yale wel)

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鉞: Hán Nôm readings: việt

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