斧
hatchet
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,516 U+65A7
How 斧 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
斤 (semantic, “axe”) + 父 (phonetic, fù)
How to remember it
axe · Heisig RSH #2313
父 father + tomahawk
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 父
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 父 (fù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 父 sound component | fù | father, dad |
| 釜 | fǔ | cauldron, kettle, pot |
Words containing 斧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 神工鬼斧 | shén gōng guǐ fǔ | see 鬼斧神工[gui3 fu3 shen2 gong1] |
| 鬼斧神工 | guǐ fǔ shén gōng | supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods; uncanny workmanship; superlative … |
| 刀斧手 | dāo fǔ shǒu | lictor |
| 班门弄斧 | Bān mén nòng fǔ | to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom) |
| 大刀阔斧 | dà dāo kuò fǔ | bold and decisive |
| 斧子 | fǔ zi | axe; hatchet; CL:把[ba3] |
| 斧头 | fǔ tóu | ax; hatchet; CL:柄[bing3] |
| 斧正 | fǔ zhèng | (polite) please amend my writing |
| 战斧 | zhàn fǔ | battle-ax |
| 板斧 | bǎn fǔ | broad axe |
| 镰刀斧头 | lián dāo fǔ tóu | the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, symbolizing rural and proletarian labor) |
| 资斧 | zī fǔ | (literary) money for a journey; travel expenses |
| 宽斧 | kuān fǔ | broadax; ax with a wide blade |
| 操斧伐柯 | cāo fǔ fá kē | (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax; fig. to follow a principle… |
| 不避斧钺 | bù bì fǔ yuè | not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom); not afraid of dying in combat; not afraid of be… |
| 刀锯斧钺 | dāo jù fǔ yuè | knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution |
| 斧钺之诛 | fǔ yuè zhī zhū | to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed |
| 斧钺汤镬 | fǔ yuè tāng huò | battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution |