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axe, hatchet; to chop, to hew

🔤 Pictophonetic: 斤 (axe) provides meaning, 父 provides pronunciation
HSK 8 strokes Common (28%)

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father, dad
💡 Ideographic: A hand 乂 holding an axe 八
4 strokes HSK 4
jīn
a catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd
4 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 斧 (17)

hatchet
fǔzi
斧子
axe / hatchet / CL:[[把<bǎ>]]
dāojùfǔyuè
刀锯斧钺
knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution
cāofǔfákē
操斧伐柯
(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as match-maker
fǔyuèzhīzhū
斧钺之诛
to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed
fǔyuètānghuò
斧钺汤镬
battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution
fǔtóu
斧头
ax / hatchet / CL:[[柄<bǐng>]]
bǎnfǔ
板斧
broad axe
Bānménnòngfǔ
班门弄斧
to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
shéngōngguǐfǔ
神工鬼斧
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship
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