一切經音義 95.152

95.152

授戉 ('Bestowing the battle-axe'; the fanqie is 于 + 月 [yuè]. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'A large axe.' The Sima fa says: 'The Xia held dark axes, the Yin held white battle-axes, and the Zhou grasped yellow battle-axes with their left hand while holding white pennants with their right.' Composed with 戈 as semantic element and [戉-戈] as phonetic element. The collected editions have it with "metal" as 鉞, which is the popular character. [戉-戈] has the fanqie 居 + 劣 [juè].)