鉞

See also 钺

Translingual

Han character

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

1. broad-axe, a battle axe, halberd

References

• KangXi: page 1302, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40313
• Dae Jaweon: page 1803, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4184, character 9
• Unihan data for U+925E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鉞 (simplified 钺, Yale yut6)

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Japanese

Etymology

The final -kari may be the nominalized form of kar- (“cut”).

Noun

鉞 (hiragana まさかり, romaji masakari)

1. a large axe

See also

• 斧 (ono)

Kanji

鉞

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鉞 (simplified 钺, pinyin yuè (yue4), Wade-Giles yüeh⁴)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

鉞 (hiuæt)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鉞 (việt)