斧

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		斧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (父) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
抪	*paː, *paːs
布	*paːs
佈	*paːs
怖	*pʰaːs
斧	*paʔ
父	*paʔ, *baʔ
蚥	*paʔ, *baʔ
滏	*baʔ
釜	*baʔ

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 斧

1. axe, hatchet

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Japanese

斧

Kanji

斧

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

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

Compounds

• 斧鉞
• 斧鑿
• 斧正

Etymology

Kanji in this term
斧
おの Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Proto-Japonic *wənə. Cognate with Yonaguni 斧 (ぶぬ, bunu).

Noun

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

     斧 乎乃

   • 2008 March 15, “アックス・レイダー [Axe Raider]”, 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.

References

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

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Korean

Hanja

斧 • (bu) (hangeul 부)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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