斧

Etymology
From (STEDT). Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) axe; hatchet

Noun

 * 1) a small hatchet

Etymology 1
From. Logographically attested in the ' as 斧, and phonetically attested in the ' with the man'yōgana spelling 乎乃. In turn, from.

Noun

 * 1) axe, hatchet

Etymology 2
Attested in the  of, with the man'yōgana spelling 与支. Presumably from Proto-Japonic, but the first attestation in Japanese is too late to precisely reconstruct the vowels. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Despite widespread regional attestations, the lack of pitch accent information in standard Japanese could imply that this word is not used in modern standard Japanese.

Noun

 * 1)  a hatchet
 * 2)  a small hatchet
 * 3)  a big hatchet
 * 4)  an axe, a hatchet

Usage notes
This term had apparently referred to a small type of hatchet. Depending on the dialect however, it can also refer to a big type of hatchet.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) an axe, hatchet