鉞

鉞 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金戈女 (CIV), four-corner 8315₀, composition ⿰釒戉)

1. broad-axe, a battle axe, halberd

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1302, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40313
• Dae Jaweon: page 1803, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4184, character 9
• Unihan data for U+925E

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷad): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 戉 (OC *ɢʷad, “battle axe”).

Originally written 戉, see there for more.

鉞

1. (historical) a type of battle axe used in ancient China

   • 王左杖黃鉞，右秉白旄以麾，曰：「逖矣，西土之人！」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     王左杖黄钺，右秉白旄以麾，曰：「逖矣，西土之人！」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Wáng zuǒ zhàng huáng yuè, yòu bǐng bái máo yǐ huī, yuē: “Tì yǐ, xītǔ zhī rén!” [Pinyin]

     In his left hand he carried a battle-axe yellow with gold, and in his right he held a white ensign, which he waved, saying, 'Far are ye come, ye men of the western regions!'

(Hyōgai kanji)

• On (unclassified): えつ (etsu)
• Kun: まさかり (masakari, 鉞)

The final -kari may be the nominalized form of 刈る (karu, “cut”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

The sense of "cluebat" is an evolution from an allusion to Mohicans.^[1]

• (Tokyo) まさかり [màsákárí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
• (Tokyo) まさかり [màsáꜜkàrì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠sa̠ka̠ɾʲi]

鉞(まさかり) or 鉞(マサカリ) • (masakari) 

1. large axe (used for felling and historically also as a weapon)
2. (programming slang) Used in simile to refer to critique. A cluebat.^[1]

   マサカリを投(な)げる

   masakari o nageru

   to give critique

   (literally, “to throw an axe”)

• 天狗(てんぐ)の鉞(まさかり) (tengu no masakari)

• 斧(おの) (ono, “axe”)

From Middle Chinese 鉞 (MC hjwot).

• IPA^(key): [e̞t͡sɨ]

鉞(えつ) • (etsu) ^{←ゑつ (wetu)?}

1. (historical) an ancient Chinese bronze battle-axe

• 斧鉞(ふえつ) (fuetsu)

鉞 • (wol) (hangeul 월, revised wol, McCune–Reischauer wŏl, Yale wel)

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鉞: Hán Nôm readings: việt

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