戈

See also: 弋 and 𠀋

戈	U+6208, 戈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6208

← 戇
[U+6207]

CJK Unified Ideographs

戉 →
[U+6209]

⼽	U+2F3D, ⼽ KANGXI RADICAL HALBERD

← ⼼
[U+2F3C]

Kangxi Radicals

⼾ →
[U+2F3E]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order (Taiwan)

Han character

戈 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 戈 (I), four-corner 5300₀, 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

Additional Derived Characters

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

simp. and trad.		戈

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

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	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 (ge¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khô

(Meixian, Guangdong): ko¹
Northern Min (KCR): kuá
Eastern Min (BUC): kuŏ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ko / ko͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): ko¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ku
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): go¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gē
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ge
  - Wade–Giles: ko¹
  - Yale: gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ge
  - Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwo¹
  - Yale: gwō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khô
  - Hakka Romanization System: ko^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ko¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰo²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ko¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰo⁴⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kuá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰua⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kuŏ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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: ko¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kho
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ku
  - MiniDict: ku^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ku
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: go¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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	gwo¹

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
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
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

戈

(Hyōgai kanji)

pike (weapon)

Readings

Go-on: か (ka)^{←くわ (kwa, historical)}
Kan-on: か (ka)^{←くわ (kwa, historical)}
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)