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halberd

HSK 7
Objects →Tools →Weapons
gē
カ
ほこ、ほこづくり
과
Pictograph of a weapon with a long shaft and horizontal blade.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze
Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
戈
Regular
Modern
Chinese
戈 [Gē]
surname Ge
戈 [gē]
dagger-axe; abbr. for 戈瑞[gē​ruì]; (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[gē​léi]
Japanese
矛 、 鉾 、 戈 、 鋒 、 戟 、 桙 、 槍 ほこ 、 とかり 同音

noun

  1. long-handled Chinese spear; lance; pike
  2. weapon; arms
  3. grip of a bow
  4. abbrev. parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
戈 か 同音
noun ge (ancient Chinese dagger-axe)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
戈 か
Ka surname
戈 かしこ
Kashiko surname
戈 ぐ
Gu surname
戈 さい
Sai surname
CHINESE WORDS (74)
探戈 [tàn​gē] #6,455
tango (dance) (loanword)
戈壁 [Gē​bì] #64,916
Gobi (desert)
戈尔巴乔夫 [Gē​'ěr​bā​qiáo​fū] #30,529
Gorbachev
戈尔巴乔夫 [Gē​'ěr​bā​qiáo​fū] #30,529
Gorbachev
戈尔 [Gē​'ěr] #21,529
Gore (name)
戈尔 [Gē​'ěr] #21,529
Gore (name)
倒戈 [dǎo​gē] #24,417
to change sides in a war
伊戈尔 [Yī​gē​'ěr] #14,589
Igor
伊戈尔 [Yī​gē​'ěr] #14,589
Igor
大动干戈 [dà​dòng​gān​gē] #30,925
to go to war (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (10)
⭐ 矛先 [ほこさき] #10,714
point of a spear
⭐ 矛 [ほこ] #20,744
long-handled Chinese spear
矛を収める [ほこをおさめる] #40,412
to sheathe one's sword
干戈 [かんか] #87,192
weapon
干戈を動かす [かんかをうごかす] #256,936
to open hostilities
銅戈 [どうか] #309,225
bronze dagger-axe
兵戈 [へいか] #310,952
swords
干戈を交える [かんかをまじえる]
to open hostilities
戈旁 [ほこづくり]
kanji "spear" radical at right
戈構え [ほこがまえ]
kanji "spear" radical at right