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Meaning of 斧

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Pinyin:
English Definition: hatchet
Chinese Definition:
①砍东西用的工具,多用来砍木头。古代亦用来作兵器:斧子。斧头。斧钺。斧柯(a.斧子的柄;b.喻政权、权柄)。
②用斧砍:斧正(敬辞,请人修正文句,亦作“斧政”)。斧凿(a.斧子或凿子;b.指文艺作品等矫揉造作)。斧藻(雕饰、修饰)。
Total strokes: 8; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (axe) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ ] father, dad
    • [ jīn ] a catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd
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Example Words
大刀阔斧 dāo kuò bold and decisive
斧头 tóu ax; hatchet; Classifiers:
鬼斧神工 guǐ shén gōng supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods; uncanny workmanship; superlative craftsmanship
板斧 bǎn broad axe
班门弄斧 bān mén nòng to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
He grinds ax on the grindstone.
2
With a swoop of his shining axe, the third tree fell.
3
On Wall Street, the ax keeps falling again and again.
4
All human technology stemmed essentially from the developmentof the stone hand-axe.
5
使便
Our handaxe is just a bit too large to use easily.