戟 - Dong Chinese dictionary

jǐ

halberd with crescent blade

Phonosemantic compound. 戈 represents the meaning and 倝 represents the sound.

Components

gàn

sunrise

戟 and 倝 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.戟 /*[k]rak/
倝 /*[k]ˤar-s/

戈 Meaning component

gē

spear

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jǐ

halberd with crescent blade; halberd; long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade; combined spear and battle-ax

Most common words with 戟

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	戟	halberd
	三叉戟	trident

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[k]rak	kjaek	jǐ	a kind of lance

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3726th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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