• halberd, lance, long spear;

A type of pole weapon with blade and spike used in ancient warfare.

Etymology

Compound character:

戈 (halberd, weapon) – semantic, indicating warfare.

Abbreviated form of 倝 (bright morning sun, dawn) – phonetic element.

Together, they depict a long halberd weapon associated with military use.

Usage in Korean

戟門 (극문) – gate with halberds (decorated palace gate)

長戟 (장극) – long halberd

戟兵 (극병) – soldiers armed with halberds

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Kangxi radical:62, + 8
Strokes:12
Unicode:U+621F
Cangjie input:
  • 十十戈 (JJI)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 𠦝 戈

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