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斧

斧

Translingual

Han character

斧 (radical 69 斤+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 金大竹一中 (CKHML), four-corner 80221, composition ⿱父斤)

  1. axe, hatchet
  2. chop, hew

References

  • KangXi: page 479, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13539
  • Dae Jaweon: page 838, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2023, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+65A7

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 斧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (父) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
抪 *paː, *paːs
布 *paːs
佈 *paːs
怖 *pʰaːs
斧 *paʔ
父 *paʔ, *baʔ
蚥 *paʔ, *baʔ
滏 *baʔ
釜 *baʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 斧
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 方矩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pioX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /puə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /pioX/
Wang
Li		 /pĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fǔ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 斧
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fǔ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ pjuX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*p(r)aʔ/
English 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 斧
Reading # 1/1
No. 3499
Phonetic
component		 父
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 甫
Old
Chinese		 /*paʔ/

Definitions

斧

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Compounds

  • 斧斤
  • 斧正 (fǔzhèng)
  • 斧鑿／斧凿

Japanese

斧

Kanji

斧

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Originally pronounced wono.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ono/

Noun

斧 ‎(hiragana おの, romaji ono, historical hiragana をの)

  1. a tool used to cut down trees; an axe
    • 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 9 (back))
      斧 乎乃

References

  • Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 978-4-7629-3099-7, published 1979.

Korean

Hanja

斧 • ‎(bu) (hangeul 부, revised bu, McCune-Reischauer pu, Yale pwu)

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Vietnamese

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