# 鉞

| 鉞 | U+925E, &#37470; 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 8315$_0$, 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

* 鉞

### Glyph origin

| | 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 (yue$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
*** Wade–Giles: yüeh$^4$
*** Yale: ywè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
*** Palladius: юэ (jue)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyut$^6$
*** Yale: yuht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyt$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | jyut$^6$ |
* 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
    From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd 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)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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

##### See also

* 斧(おの) (ono)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 鉞
* えつ Hyōgai
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 鉞 (MC hjwot).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [e̞t͡sɨ]

#### Noun

鉞(えつ) • (etsu)
* (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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