Read Edit View history Discussion 鉞 yuè broad-axe Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 戉 represents the sound. Originally written as 戉. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 钺 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鉞 Simp strokes 鉞 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a battle axe. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鉞 Simp strokes 鉞 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鉞 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 301, 802 ], [ 317, 789 ], [ 338, 757 ], [ 299, 670 ], [ 243, 572 ], [ 159, 447 ], [ 71, 350 ] ], [ [ 335, 669 ], [ 351, 669 ], [ 386, 653 ], [ 415, 633 ], [ 429, 613 ] ], [ [ 204, 468 ], [ 215, 474 ], [ 259, 474 ], [ 366, 507 ], [ 406, 508 ] ], [ [ 175, 326 ], [ 201, 323 ], [ 248, 330 ], [ 362, 368 ], [ 409, 373 ] ], [ [ 275, 456 ], [ 302, 438 ], [ 307, 427 ], [ 305, 177 ], [ 300, 160 ], [ 288, 149 ] ], [ [ 152, 254 ], [ 203, 221 ], [ 223, 188 ] ], [ [ 418, 311 ], [ 429, 285 ], [ 376, 224 ] ], [ [ 105, 84 ], [ 160, 68 ], [ 444, 181 ] ], [ [ 543, 502 ], [ 557, 495 ], [ 622, 507 ], [ 761, 557 ], [ 793, 564 ], [ 815, 562 ] ], [ [ 472, 516 ], [ 509, 486 ], [ 515, 466 ], [ 520, 337 ], [ 516, 226 ], [ 508, 172 ], [ 512, 138 ], [ 561, 157 ], [ 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419 379 Q 412 388 389 392 Q 365 395 333 379 L 283 360 Q 276 359 270 356 Q 230 343 180 335 Q 152 328 173 316 Q 201 301 283 322 L 332 336 Z", "M 325 152 Q 328 252 332 336 L 333 379 Q 333 397 336 419 Q 343 443 307 467 C 283 485 257 485 268 457 Q 278 439 283 360 L 283 322 Q 283 258 283 139 C 283 109 324 122 325 152 Z", "M 168 221 Q 184 205 200 185 Q 210 175 224 174 Q 233 174 237 185 Q 241 197 236 221 Q 232 234 211 246 Q 189 253 166 261 Q 153 265 148 263 Q 144 259 144 249 Q 147 239 168 221 Z", "M 404 285 Q 394 263 371 229 Q 367 225 371 219 Q 377 219 382 222 Q 431 259 457 274 Q 470 278 466 286 Q 462 296 446 309 Q 431 321 416 322 Q 406 321 407 307 Q 408 297 404 285 Z", "M 283 139 Q 222 123 157 104 Q 138 97 106 98 Q 93 97 91 87 Q 90 74 98 66 Q 120 50 154 31 Q 164 28 176 36 Q 215 66 393 142 Q 418 154 437 167 Q 450 174 450 184 Q 444 190 432 187 Q 380 171 325 152 L 283 139 Z", "M 680 505 Q 816 550 821 554 Q 828 561 824 570 Q 817 580 789 584 Q 765 587 671 546 L 628 530 Q 583 520 534 507 C 505 499 515 476 545 477 Q 572 477 636 491 L 680 505 Z", "M 534 507 Q 521 517 485 526 Q 469 529 464 523 Q 457 517 468 500 Q 498 458 499 339 Q 499 234 483 183 Q 479 149 447 108 Q 437 95 444 75 Q 454 50 469 38 Q 481 29 493 44 Q 527 98 634 214 Q 647 224 648 234 Q 649 240 644 239 Q 635 238 549 171 Q 542 167 539 169 Q 533 172 534 187 Q 540 443 545 477 C 547 500 547 500 534 507 Z", "M 740 191 Q 812 38 916 -20 Q 922 -21 928 -23 Q 941 -24 950 -12 Q 957 -3 950 41 Q 943 98 952 184 Q 956 212 947 215 Q 940 216 929 191 Q 898 88 878 100 Q 827 127 774 234 L 753 276 Q 714 357 680 505 L 671 546 Q 641 684 644 751 Q 656 787 631 804 Q 625 808 619 811 Q 597 824 584 826 Q 571 825 570 824 Q 548 817 567 795 Q 579 791 610 625 Q 617 579 628 530 L 636 491 Q 684 308 723 227 L 740 191 Z", "M 723 227 Q 695 187 624 106 Q 617 102 627 100 Q 664 109 740 191 L 774 234 Q 828 324 862 394 Q 877 424 877 426 Q 874 435 862 444 Q 832 466 804 457 Q 797 454 800 444 Q 815 393 753 276 L 723 227 Z", "M 763 705 Q 788 681 816 653 Q 828 640 842 641 Q 852 641 857 653 Q 861 666 855 693 Q 851 712 821 728 Q 757 755 740 751 Q 736 747 736 736 Q 739 726 763 705 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.