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)

broad-axe, a battle axe, halberd

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

trad.		鉞
simp.		钺
alternative forms		戉

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鉞

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／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, 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

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–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyut⁶
  - Yale: yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚²/

Middle Chinese: hjwot

Rime
Character	鉞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	王伐切
Baxter	hjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuat̚/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard 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

(historical) a type of battle axe used in ancient China
- 王左杖黃鉞，右秉白旄以麾，曰：「逖矣，西土之人！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  王左杖黄钺，右秉白旄以麾，曰：「逖矣，西土之人！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE
  Wáng zuǒ zhàng huáng yuè, yòu bǐng bái máo yǐ huī, yuē: “Tì yǐ, xītǔ zhī rén!” [Pinyin]
  In his left hand he carried a battle-axe yellow with gold, and in his right he held a white ensign, which he waved, saying, 'Far are ye come, ye men of the western regions!'

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

鉞

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

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

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鉞
まさかり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

Noun

鉞(まさかり) • (masakari)

a large axe

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鉞
えつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 鉞 (MC hjwot).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [e̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

鉞(えつ) • (etsu) ^{←ゑつ (wetu)^?}

(historical) an ancient Chinese bronze battle-axe

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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