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)

  1. Kangxi radical #62, ⼽.

Derived characters

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
A bronze dagger-axe.

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

Pictogram (象形) ― a tool or weapon on a pole, the pole having developed into the long upper-left to lower-right diagonal stroke.

Pronunciation



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/
Bernard
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

戈

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

Compounds

  • 上戈 (Shànggē)
  • 不念荷戈
  • 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 (tàngē)
  • 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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. pike (weapon)

Readings

Definitions

Kanji in this term
戈
ほこ
Hyōgaiji
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

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Compounds

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