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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fǔ | fu3
English translation
axe, hatchet; to chop, to hew

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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axe

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

父斤

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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斧子 fǔ zi jiù kǎn diào le gēn 树枝 shù zhī .

He struck off the branch with a single chop of the ax.

我们 wǒmen 不久前 bù jiǔ qián 讲到 jiǎng dào 凯瑟琳 Kǎi sè lín 决心 juéxīn 破斧 chēn zhōu .

We left her just now declaring that she would burn her ships behind her.

十几 shí jǐ 斧头 fǔ tóu jiù shù kǎn dǎo le .

He fell the tree with a dozen blows of his axe.

操起短柄 Xiàng .

She went for him with a hatchet.

那个 nà ge kǎn Chái zhě 斧砍 shù .

The woodcutter laid his axe to the tree.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
hatchet
斧头 fǔ tóu ax斧頭
斧子 fǔ zi axe斧子 fǔ zi
大刀阔斧 dà dāo kuò fǔ bold and decisive大刀闊斧
鬼斧神工 guǐ fǔ shén gōng uncanny workmanship鬼斧神工 guǐ fǔ shén gōng
板斧 bǎn fǔ broad axe板斧 bǎn fǔ
班门弄斧 Bān mén nòng fǔ to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)班門弄斧
刀斧手 dāo fǔ shǒu lictor刀斧手 dāo fǔ shǒu
斧正 fǔ zhèng (polite) please amend my writing斧正 fǔ zhèng
神工鬼斧 shén gōng guǐ fǔ uncanny workmanship神工鬼斧 shén gōng guǐ fǔ
斧钺之诛 fǔ yuè zhī zhū to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed斧鉞之誅

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