The Chinese Radical: 戈


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Meaning
halberd    戈

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
I, me, my

Left: hand 手/扌, right: halberd 戈
In my hand a halberd, and I am myself.
HSK 2
to find/seek sb. for a job, to look for, to call on sb
zhǎo
Left: hand 扌, right: halberd 戈:
(Think of a freelance job) If you want to get your hand on a halberd, you seek a job.
HSK 3
maybe, perhaps, possibly
huò
Mouth 口, one 一 and halberd 戈 (cf. salty 咸)
Can you hit the mouth with the long 一 halberd? Maybe!
HSK 3
to achieve, succeed, to accomplish
chéng
Left: part of direction, square 方, right: a halberd 戈
In the direction of the halberd we will achieve it.
HSK 3
to climb over, to exceed, to surpass
yuè
Left: to go, walk 走 (On earth 土 feet 足 have to walk.), right: var. of halberd 戈
(The halberd for pole vaulting?) At this walking, use the halberd to overcome the obstacle レ (e.g. a hurdle) by climbing over it.
HSK 3
a play, drama, opera, trick

Left: again 又 (image of a hand), right: halberd 戈
Again and again the hand at the halberd in a play.
HSK 4
to scratch a surface, to row/paddle, to plan
huá, huà
Left: halberd 戈, right: knife, to cut 刂
A halberd is for cutting, but also for scratching, paddling or planning.
HSK 4
to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc), to bear, support
dài
Right: variant of halberd 戈, below: extraordinary 異 (field 田, together 共) [異 was simplified to: 异] - Here, see top&right as variant of military 戎 (= with the ten 十 men with the halberds 戈)
In the military 戎 they are in the field 田 and have together 共 (the same cloths) put on.
线
HSK 4
line, thread, string, wire
xiàn
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈, here: draw one 一 line with a halberd)
Like one thread and drawn with a halberd is this one: line.
HSK 4
relatives, grief, sorrow

Outside: halberd 戈, below: pepper plant 尗
When halberds are raging in the pepper fields the relatives are grieving.
HSK 5
region, zone, area, field, domain (taxonomy)

Left: earth 土, right: maybe 或 (halberd 戈, below: outline 口 of a field with marked border line 一)
Earth and fields are divided 一 by halberds into regions and zones.
HSK 5
to cut out (as a dress), trim, reduce, decision, judgment
cái
Top: ten 十, halberd 戈, bottom: clothes 衤/衣
For ten layers of clothes we use a halberd to cut it out.
HSK 5
to fight, war, battle
zhàn
Left: divine/fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told), right: halberd 戈
After the divination, the halberd was taken: to fight.
HSK 5
to hide away, to conceal, to harbor, depository
cáng, zàng
Top: plant 艹, below: 臧 (fragment 爿, official 臣, halberd 戈)
The plant is the fragment that the official with the halberd is hiding away.
HSK 5
authority, power, prestige
wēi
Outside: garrison 戍 (persons 人 (= ノ+ 一) with halberds 戈), woman 女
When the person with that halberd stands with one leg 一 above a woman, he has a powerful authority.
HSK 5
warning, guard against, to exhort, to admonish
jiè
Left: two hands 廾 (= twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined), right: halberd 戈
Two hands are holding up a halberd to warn and admonish.
HSK 5
to convey, to load, written record, year
zǎi, zài
A plus + for 'more', a halberd 戈 and a vehicle 车/車
To have more halberds loaded onto the vehicle results in a good convey of the load.
HSK 5
shallow (water), light (color)
jiān, qiǎn
Left: water 氵, right: two 二 and halberd 戈
Water covering only two halberds is too shallow.
HSK 6
to cut down, to fell, attack, boast

Left: person 亻/人, right: halberd 戈
The person used the halberd for cutting down (felling).
HSK 6
to destroy, to ruin, cruel, incomplete, to remain
cán
Left: bad, wicked 歹[= bare bone], right: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈)
Only bones and two halberds remained: at the destruction.
HSK 6
thief, traitor, wily, deceitful, evil
zéi
Left: money 贝/貝, right: military 戎 (Ten 十 halberds 戈 for the military.)
Whoever takes money by force (=military-like) is a thief.
HSK 6
a section, to cut off (a length)
jié
Top: ten 十 and halberd 戈, below: bird 隹
For the ten birds use the halberd for cutting them in sections.
HSK 6
confuse, to be puzzled
huò
Top: maybe 或 (halberd 戈, circumference 口 of a field with a mark 一 for boundary), below: heart 心
Limited [= limit 一 and field 口] by halberds, the heart feels confused.
HSK 6
luxuriant, luxuriant nature, voluptuous
mào
Top: plant 艹, below: 戊 (halberd 戈 with additions)
Plants are cut/mowed with halberds for a luxuriant nature.
HSK 6
to plant, to grow, to insert
zāi
Left: ten 十, tree 木 (cf. abundant 丰), right: halberd 戈
Using a halberd (i.e. used as a plow) ten trees were planted.
HSK 6
machine, appliance, tool, gear, mechanical
xiè
Left: tree 木, right: admonish/warning 戒 (two hands 廾 holding a halberd 戈 to admonish)
If you use wood and your hands to make a halberd, you need: a machine.
HSK 6
belittle, ignore, nothing
miè
From top: grass/plant 艹, eye 罒 (With the pupil ロ in the center), garrison 戍 (= The persons 人 (= ノ & 一) at the halberds 戈)
(When crossing the border illegally, you need to crawl lying flat.) If your eyes are below the grass, the garrison will neglect you, but also might despise you.
HSK 6
woolen, velvet, silk
róng
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: military 戎 (... with the 十 [men] with halberds 戈)
The threads (= uniforms) at the military are woolen.
HSK 6
commandment, to admonish, prohibit
jiè
Left: word 讠/言, right: to warn 戒 (Two hands 廾 are holding a halberd 戈 to warn) [hands 廾 = twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined]
Words to warn as a commandment.
no HSK
clique, faction, valve (loanword)

Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: to cut down, fell 伐 (A person 亻with a halberd 戈 is cutting down.)
It's like a gate with a guarding person (person with a halberd): the valve.
no HSK
halberd, spear combined with axe


Image of a halberd
no HSK
(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
zāi
Here, see top&right as variant of military 戎 (= with the ten 十 [men] at the halberds 戈), below: mouth 口
At the military, out of the mouths 口 comes a cry of exclamation. - Or: "An old 古 halberd 戈!", was what he exclaimed.)
no HSK
a small cup, classifier for lamps
zhǎn
Top: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈), below: bowl 皿
The (diameter) of two halberds has this 'bowl': a small cup.
no HSK
cackling sound, creak, crunch
gā, gǎ
Left: Mouth 口, right: 戛 (variation of: head, shoulder 頁 [= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一], halberd 戈)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when cutting off a head with a halberd is a: cackling.
no HSK
to jab, to poke, to stab, to blunt, to fuck (vulgar)
chuō
Left: feather of pheasant 翟 (feather 羽 and bird 隹), right: halberd 戈
With a (pointed) feather of a bird or a halberd, you can jab or poke.
no HSK
military, army (matters)
róng
Left: ten 十, right: halberd 戈 [cf. garrison 戍 = a person 人 with a halberd 戈]
The ten (men) with halberds are at the: military.
no HSK
to kill

Left: sound of the wind 翏 (At feather 羽 or the beard 㐱 you feel the wind. [㐱 = person 人 with beard 彡]), right: halberd 戈
Soundless like the wind is the halberd, when: killing!
no HSK
inexpensive, low, lowly
jiàn
Left: money 贝/貝, right: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈)
If you only have money for two halberds, you live inexpensive and are low.
no HSK
fifth of 10 heavenly stems, fifth in order, penta


Variation of halberd 戈 with 5 spikes for five
no HSK
halberd, a lance with two points

Left: sunrise (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹) [sunset is: 莫], right: halberd 戈
Double-sided 十 sharp around the center 日 is this: halberd.
no HSK
comment, letter, note, note-paper
jiān
Top: bamboo 竹, below: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈)
Made of bamboo and cut with a halberd into two (note-) papers for the comments.
no HSK
garrison, to protect
shù
Mainly: halberd 戈, and at the left a person 人 (= ノ & 一) [cf. military 戎 = ten 十 halberds 戈]
The persons with the halberds form the garrison.
no HSK
raft (of logs)

Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: to cut down, fell 伐 (The person 亻with the halberd 戈 is cutting down.)
The bamboo should be cut down to make a: raft.
no HSK
11th earthly branch, year of the Dog

Left: variation of person 人, right: halberd 戈
The weird person with a halberd needs a dog.

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