Additional information about 鉞
說文解字: 【鉞】，車鑾聲也。从金、戉聲。《詩》曰：鑾聲鉞鉞。 【臣鉉等曰：今俗作鐬，以鉞作斧戉之戉，非是。】 【呼會切】
- Criteria
- AXE
[CEREMONIAL/PRACTICAL]
[[COMMON/RARE]]
[LARGE/SMALL]
[ELEVATED/INFORMAL]
1. The most current word for an axe is perhaps fǔ 斧, but the word refers specifically to an axe as in the illustration, used to split things with.
[SPECIFIC]; [COMMON+]
2. Jīn 斤 refers to an axe where the blade is at a right angle to the shaft, as in the illustration, and this axe would seem to be of use only for cutting down branches or small trees or bushes.
[SPECIFIC]; [[COMMON+]
3. Yuè 鉞 refers to a battle axe which came to be mostly used for ritual execution or ceremonial purposes.
[CEREMONIAL], [ELEVATED], [LARGE], [SPECIFIC]
4. Qī 戚 is a somewhat smaller variety of the yuè 鉞.
[CEREMONIAL], [ELEVATED], [SPECIFIC]
5. Qiāng 斨 refers to a fǔ 斧 -style axe with a square hole for the handle.
[SPECIFIC]
6. Zhǔ 欘 adze, refers to a carpenter 掇 or cooper 掇 tool, like an axe with the blade set at right angles to the handle and curving inwards towards it; used for cutting or slicing away the surface of wood.
[SPECIFIC]; [[RARE]]