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Kanji Detail for 戈 - "halberd, war"
戈
- Meaning
戈 means "halberd, war."
Halberd - A polearm with a protruding blade on one side.
War - Battle; conflict.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62)
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
halberd, spear, lance; rad. 62
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Ge
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
spear, lance, halberd
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An ancient weapon. Has a small branch projecting sideways. Single-branched is 戈; double-branched is 戟. | Meaning of warfare. Such as 日尋干戈. See (Zuo Zhuan). Subordinates rebelling is 倒戈相向; allies fighting each other is 同室操戈. | 戈什哈: A Manchu word. Meaning personal attendant. Hence, martial attendants of governors were called 戈什.
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