殳

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Radical 79 殳

殳 (Kangxi radical 79, 殳+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓水 (HNE) or 難竹弓水 (XHNE), four-corner 7740₇, composition ⿱𠘧又(GHT) or ⿱几又(JK))

1. Kangxi radical #79, ⽎.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/殳
• 伇, 吺, 坄, 𡚾, 𭚧, 役, 𢗎, 投, 没, 𤝈, 𨸜, 杸, 殁, 𤓶, 炈, 𤖬, 𤤄, 股, 祋, 𥍟, 砓, 𥝻, 竐, 𧘣, 羖, 𰯯, 般, 𧈻, 𧣇, 設(设), 豛, 䝘, 𧺢, 䟝, 軗(𨐅), 酘, 𨱚, 鈠(𨱁), 𧰵, 䩔, 䬦, 㨌, 𫘈, 骰, 𨕵, 𩵤, 𪉘, 𪌓, 𪐮, 𬖫, 𧯸, 𪕂, 𬗿, 𫠙, 𪛒
• 𠚹, 𫽑, 𡧔, 芟, 癹, 𦤂, 𬯹, 䯴, 𥰺, 𠨻, 𭙔, 疫, 𡇀

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 584, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16613
• Dae Jaweon: page 977, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2155, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6BB3

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Historical forms of the character 殳
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) or Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 𠘧 + 又 – a hand holding a tool similar to a hammer, hence activity (with a reference to the act of "beating"). See also 段 and the original version on oracle bones of 鼓.

The whole character was then borrowed phonetically to indicate an ancient halberd made of bamboo.

殳

1. (historical) shu (an ancient Chinese weapon)

   • 伯也執殳、為王前驅。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     伯也执殳、为王前驱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bó yě zhí shū, wèi wáng qiánqū. [Pinyin]

     My husband, grasping his halberd, is in the leading chariot of the king's [host].

2. handle of halberd
3. a surname

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. pike

• Go-on: ず (zu)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kun: ほこ (hoko, 殳)、また (mata, 殳)

殳 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale su)

1. long pole

殳: Hán Nôm readings: thù

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