手斧

Chinese

hand; convenient; ‑er hatchet
simp. and trad.
(手斧)
手 斧

Pronunciation


Noun

手斧

  1. hand axe; adze

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
手 斧
て
Grade: 1
おの
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Compound of 手 (te, “hand”) +‎ 斧 (ono, “axe”).

Noun

手(て)斧(おの) • (teono) ←てをの (tewono)?

  1. (possibly obsolete) adze
  2. hatchet

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
手 斧
ちょうな
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
irregular
Alternative spelling
釿

Shift from 手(て)斧(おの) (teono) above.

Noun

手斧(ちょうな) • (chōna) ←てうな (teuna)?

  1. adze

References

“手斧”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

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