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戣

kuí
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) an ancient halberd-like weapon; a lance

Examples

HSK 7-9
古书里戣是一种古代兵器，属于戟类。
Gǔshū lǐ kuí shì yìzhǒng gǔdài bīngqì, shǔyú jǐ lèi.
In the classics this character names an ancient halberd-type weapon.

Tips

history
戣 is not used in modern Chinese; it appears in classical texts (notably the Book of Documents) as the name of a halberd-like guard weapon. It is the dagger-axe radical 戈 plus the phonetic 癸, the same phonetic in 葵 and 睽.
register
Classical only; modern Chinese just says 兵器 for a weapon.

Components

radical
戈 gē
dagger-axe; halberd
戈 is the dagger-axe radical, a hooked blade on a shaft. It supplies the meaning: 戣 is a polearm weapon, grouped with other 戈-weapon characters.
phonetic
癸 guǐ
tenth heavenly stem (phonetic)
癸 supplies the sound, drifted from guǐ to kuí. It heads a kuí sound family including 葵 (sunflower) and 睽.

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Stroke Order

戣 kuí