yuè
broad-axe
Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 戉 represents the sound. Originally written as 戉.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 鉞
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
battle-ax | ||
to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed | ||
white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ɢ]ʷat | hjwot | yuè | a kind of axe |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5507th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+925E |
Shuowen | “鉞，車鑾聲也。从金，戉聲。《詩》曰：‘鑾聲鉞鉞。’” |
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