戉

戉 U+6209, 戉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6209 ← 戈 [U+6208] CJK Unified Ideographs 戊 → [U+620A]

Translingual

Han character

戉 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈女 (IV), four-corner 5370₀, composition ⿰𠄌戈)

Derived characters

• 𡛟, 䋐, 越, 䟠, 鉞(钺)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 411, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11531
• Dae Jaweon: page 752, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1397, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6209

Chinese

simp. and trad.		戉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 戉
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Pictogram (象形) – a battle axe, the original form of 鉞.

Etymology

Possibly an Austronesian loan, since this kind of axe has been discovered in archaeological sites in areas where Austronesian languages were once spoken; compare Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wasay (“axe”), Cebuano wasay (Mahdi, 1994; Schuessler, 2007). Also compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *wac (“knife; sword”), Old Mon rwas (“weapon”) (Schuessler, 2007).

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	戉
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
Baxter	hjwot
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	戉
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	戉
Reading #	1/1
No.	16334
Phonetic component	戉
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	越
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷad/

Definitions

戉

1. (historical) Original form of 鉞／钺 (yuè, “a type of battle axe used in ancient China”).

Japanese

Kanji

戉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. lumber

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

戉 (eumhun 도끼 월 (dokki wol))

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Vietnamese

Han character

戉: Hán Nôm readings: việt, rìu

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References

• Nom Foundation