General term for an axe or hatchet, used for chopping wood or as a tool/weapon.
He split firewood with an axe.
He split firewood with an axe.
That axe cuts very well.
The lumberjack swung his axe and felled the huge tree.
斧 (おの) is a swung axe for chopping wood, whereas 手斧 (ちょうな) is an adze with the blade set at a right angle, used for shaving and shaping wood surfaces.
For long, thin objects (sticks, stems, wires, bottles); also 'pieces' like films, articles, and phone calls.
For hand-held tools and implements — knives, razors, guns, candles, some instruments.
hatchet; small axe · adze; adz
kanji 'axe' radical at right
axinite
courageous but doomed resistance; a mantis raising its axe
Standard kanji spelling.
Kana spelling, used when the kanji is avoided or for clarity.
The origin is uncertain, but the word is native Japanese. The kanji 斧 is a pictograph of an axe.