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 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

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

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

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• 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

1. (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！」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     王左杖黄钺，右秉白旄以麾，曰：「逖矣，西土之人！」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, 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

• 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)