# 戈

| 戈 | U+6208, &#25096; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6208 |
| ← 戇 [U+6207] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 戉 → [U+6209] |
| ⼽ | U+2F3D, &#12093; KANGXI RADICAL HALBERD |
| ← ⼼ [U+2F3C] | Kangxi Radicals | ⼾ → [U+2F3E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

戈 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 戈 (I), four-corner 5300$_0$, composition ⿻弋丿)
* Kangxi radical #62, ⼽.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/戈
* 伐, 找, 㳀, 牫, 䄀, 䂝, 䇅, 聀, 䣬, 鈛(𫓨), 䰹, 䴰
* 划, 䇝, 㡲, 幾, 畿, 簚, 羲, 威, 咸, 歲, 戌, 烕, 武
* 𠯫, 𪥅, 𡛏, 𪦷, 𫼉, 𣏾, 𣧌, 𭻀, 𥾮, 𦐂, 𦣣, 𦨜, 𧥾, 𮙦, 𧺱, 𨈟, 𫏳, 𩚧, 𩢅, 𩫅, 𩰭, 𩿙, 𪗠, 𭍡, 𭨜, 𠶶, 𭝞, 𪝠, 𧶒, 𭬐, 𡃣, 𧔼, 𩯷
* 𭆧, 𨟶, 𨾓, 𩾷, 𢌵, 𫹳, 𣏩, 𤰭, 𬷁, 𧕹, 𦬗, 𪜋, 𩂅, 𨳮, 𩰎, 𣇈

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 411, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11530
* Dae Jaweon: page 752, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1397, character 1
* Unihan data for U+6208

## Chinese

* 戈 (武器) (Written Standard Chinese)
* dagger-axe (English)
* 戈姓 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 戈 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 戕 | *kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ |
| 戈 | *koːl |
| 划 | *koːlʔ, *koːls, *ɡroːl |
Pictogram (象形) ― an ancient weapon with a single blade. The vertical handle developed into the long upper-left to lower-right diagonal stroke.
See also 我, which is the same weapon but with three blades instead of one, making it similar to a trident.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gē (ge$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khô
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ko$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): kuá
* Eastern Min (BUC): kuŏ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ko / ko͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ko$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ku
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): go$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gē
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ge
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^1$
*** Yale: gē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ge
*** Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwo$^1$
*** Yale: gwō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwo$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɔː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khô
*** Hakka Romanization System: ko$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ko$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰo²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ko$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰo⁴⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kuá
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰua⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kuŏ
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuo⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko
*** Tâi-lô: ko
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koy
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ko⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘
*** Tâi-lô: koo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kof
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ko$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kho
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰo³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ku
*** MiniDict: ku$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ku
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku⁵³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ko³³/
* Middle Chinese: kwa
Rime :
| Character | 戈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古禾切 |
| Baxter | kwa |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwa/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /kuɑ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kuɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guō |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwo$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤaj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*koːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 戈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gē |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kwa › |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷˁaj/ |
| English | dagger-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 | 戈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3831 |
| Phonetic component | 戈 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 戈 |
| Old Chinese | /*koːl/ |

### Definitions

戈
* (historical) dagger-axe (an ancient Chinese weapon similar to a halberd)
* a surname

### Compounds

* 上戈 (Shànggē)
* 不念荷戈
* 休戈
* 倒戈
* 倒戈卸甲
* 倒持干戈 (dàochí gāngē)
* 倒置干戈
* 倒載干戈
* 入室操戈
* 兵戈 (bīnggē)
* 兵戈擾攘 / 兵戈扰攘
* 動干戈
* 反戈
* 反戈一擊 / 反戈一击 (fǎngēyījī)
* 同室操戈 (tóngshìcāogē)
* 大動干戈
* 大戈壁
* 天戈
* 干戈 (gāngē)
* 干戈載戢
* 戈什
* 戈什哈
* 戈壁 (Gēbì)
* 戈比 (gēbǐ)
* 投戈
* 投戈講藝 / 投戈讲艺
* 投袂援戈
* 投袂荷戈
* 拋戈卸甲 / 抛戈卸甲
* 拋戈棄甲 / 抛戈弃甲
* 探戈
* 探戈舞 (tàngēwǔ)
* 揮戈 / 挥戈
* 揮戈反日 / 挥戈反日
* 揮戈回日 / 挥戈回日
* 撝戈反日 / 㧑戈反日
* 操戈
* 操戈入室
* 擐甲持戈 (huànjiǎ chí gē)
* 擐甲揮戈 / 擐甲挥戈
* 擐甲操戈
* 枕戈嘗膽 / 枕戈尝胆
* 枕戈坐甲
* 枕戈寢甲 / 枕戈寝甲
* 枕戈待敵 / 枕戈待敌
* 枕戈待旦
* 枕戈汗馬 / 枕戈汗马
* 枕戈泣血
* 枕戈飲膽 / 枕戈饮胆
* 杯酒戈矛
* 棄甲拋戈 / 弃甲抛戈
* 止戈
* 止戈散馬 / 止戈散马
* 止戈為武 / 止戈为武 (zhǐgēwéiwǔ)
* 止戈興仁 / 止戈兴仁
* 泣血枕戈
* 礪戈秣馬 / 砺戈秣马
* 蒙戈 (měnggē)
* 解甲倒戈
* 解甲投戈
* 負戈 / 负戈
* 金戈鐵馬 / 金戈铁马 (jīngētiěmǎ)
* 鐵馬金戈 / 铁马金戈
* 雕戈
* 韜戈偃武 / 韬戈偃武
* 韜戈卷甲 / 韬戈卷甲
* 魯陽揮戈 / 鲁阳挥戈

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* pike (weapon)

#### Readings

* Go-on: か (ka)
* Kan-on: か (ka)
* Kun: ほこ (hoko)

### Definitions

* Kanji in this term
* 戈
* ほこ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 戈 – see the following entry. :
| 【矛ほこ】S | [noun] a Chinese spear; a lance; a halberd Alternative spellings 鉾, 鋒, 戟 |
(This term, 戈, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

戈 (eumhun 창 과 (chang gwa))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

戈: Hán Nôm readings: qua, quơ, quờ
* chữ Nôm form of qua (“to cross; to go across”).

#### Compounds

* 𣦆戈 (trải qua)