yuè

broad-axe

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 7, 2026, 01:35 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 7, 2026, 01:35 PM

金 → 釒

Changed fields: hint

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as .

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
SoundIconic component
yuè battle-axe

Depicts a battle axe.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjwot[ɢ]ʷat a kind of axe

說文解字

《說文》:“鉞,車鑾聲也。从金,戉聲。《詩》曰:‘鑾聲鉞鉞。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica