戈

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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

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Stroke order
Stroke order
(Taiwan)

Han character

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Radical 62 戈

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

  1. Kangxi radical #62, ⼽.

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

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simp. and trad.
 戈
Wikipedia has articles on:
A bronze dagger-axe.

Glyph origin

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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 (戈) (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

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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
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 		戈
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		戈
Old
Chinese 		/*koːl/

Definitions

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戈

  1. (historical) dagger-axe (an ancient Chinese weapon similar to a halberd)
  2. a surname

Compounds

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Japanese

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kanji

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戈

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. pike (weapon)

Readings

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  • Go-on: か (ka)←くわ (kwa, historical)
  • Kan-on: か (ka)←くわ (kwa, historical)
  • Kun: ほこ (hoko)

Definitions

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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

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Hanja

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戈 (eumhun 창 과 (chang gwa))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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戈: Hán Nôm readings: qua, quơ, quờ

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Compounds

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