鉞

鉞

See also: 钺

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

trad.		鉞
simp.		钺
alternative forms		戉

石鉞
Stone broad-axe (left)

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
泧	*qʰʷaːd, *kʰʷad, *ɢʷad
眓	*qʰʷaːd
越	*ɢʷaːd, *ɢʷad
狘	*kʰʷad
戉	*ɢʷad
鉞	*ɢʷad
樾	*ɢʷad
怴	*qʰʷrɯd

Ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷad) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 戉 (OC *ɢʷad, “battle axe”).

Originally written 戉, see there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Palladius: юэ (jue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶
    • Yale: yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦʉɐt̚/

Rime
Character	鉞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	元 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	王伐切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuat̚/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷad/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鉞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuè
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwot ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷat/
English	a kind of axe
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉞
Reading #	1/1
No.	16335
Phonetic component	戉
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	越
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷad/
Notes	同戉

Definitions

鉞

1. (historical) a type of battle axe used in ancient China

Compounds

斧鉞／斧钺 (fǔyuè) 斧鉞湯鑊／斧钺汤镬 旄鉞／旄钺 甘心鈇鉞／甘心𫓧钺

白旄黃鉞／白旄黄钺 (báimáo huángyuè) 秉鉞／秉钺 節鉞／节钺 (jiéyuè)

趺鉞／趺钺 鉞鉞／钺钺 黃鉞／黄钺 (huángyuè)

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Japanese

Kanji

鉞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

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

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鉞
まさかり Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

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

Noun

鉞(まさかり) • (masakari) 

1. a large axe

See also

• 斧(おの) (ono)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鉞
えつ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 鉞 (MC ɦʉɐt̚).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [e̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

鉞(えつ) • (etsu) ^{←ゑつ (wetu)?}

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

鉞: Hán Nôm readings: việt

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