ax, hatchet
斧 centers on a heavy bladed tool for chopping: an ax or hatchet.
斧 combines 父 (which here likely represents a hand holding something) and 斤 (ax), together suggesting a hand-held ax.
The top 父 looks like a hand gripping a handle, and the bottom 斤 is an ax blade. Picture a hand swinging an ax down to chop wood.
For フ, imagine the sound of an ax swinging through the air: "foo!" The whooshing sound cues フ as the ax chops.
axe; ax; hatchet
hatchet
stone axe (ax)
stone axe with multiple cutting edges (Jōmon period)
battleaxe
(Paleolithic) hand axe
hatchet
axe
kanji "axe" radical at right
halberd
correction; revision
dyeing pattern with a yoki, koto bridge and a chrysanthemum
axinite
pelecypods (i.e. bivalves)
axe
lucubration; elaboration; chisel and ax
axe-head; ax-head
courageous but doomed resistance
The Honest Woodcutter (fable by Aesop); The Golden Axe
iron axe head