Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 戉 represents the sound. Originally written as 戉.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hjwot | [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
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)