钺 — Chinese character
钺
yuè
broad-axe; halberd, battle-axe
- Pinyin
- yuè
- Radical
- 167 ⾦ (Gold)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 钅 戉
- Formation
- ideographic — A metal 钅 axe 戉; 戉 also provides the pronunciation
- Traditional
- 鉞
Common words with 钺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不避斧钺 (不避斧鉞) | bù bì fǔ yuè | not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom); not afraid of dying in combat |
| 刀锯斧钺 (刀鋸斧鉞) | dāo jù fǔ yuè | knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution |
| 斧钺之诛 (斧鉞之誅) | fǔ yuè zhī zhū | to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed |
| 斧钺汤镬 (斧鉞湯鑊) | fǔ yuè tāng huò | battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution |
| 白旄黄钺 (白旄黃鉞) | bái máo huáng yuè | white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.