axe; hatchet

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Example Sentences

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1
yòng
tóu
kǎn
chái

He chops wood with an axe.

2
qǐng
zhèng
de
wén
zhāng

Please correct my article.

3
zhè
bǎn
hěn
fēng

This broad axe is very sharp.

4
zhè
shì
zi

This is an axe.

5
yòng
zi
kǎn
chái

He uses an axe to chop firewood.

6
zhè
zi
de
dāo
rèn
hěn
fēng
shì
tou

The blade of this axe is very sharp, suitable for splitting wood.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes8
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#2374
Zhuyinㄈㄨˇ
Components
UnicodeU+65A7
CangjieOPHML
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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