Chinese Character Wiki
戉

yuè

battle-axe

Pictograph of a battle-axe, similar to 戈, 戊, and 戌. Now written as 鉞.

Evolution

戉 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
戉 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
戉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
戉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

戉  

yuè

a battle-axe, a halberd; variant of 鉞|钺[yuè]

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (4 verified)

越 歲 鉞 钺 魆

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

鉞 钺

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷat

hjwot

yuè

a kind of axe


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+6209

Shuowen

“戉，斧也。从戈，聲。”


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