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銅戈 (どうか, douka) Japanese meaning: bronze dagger-axe | Kotomora

銅どう戈か

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Meanings

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bronze dagger-axe

Archaeological term for a bronze polearm with a dagger-like blade mounted perpendicular to the shaft, used in ancient East Asia.

See also: 矛 (ほこ)

この遺い跡せきからは銅どう戈かが出しゅつ土どした。
A bronze dagger-axe was excavated from this site.

Kanji

銅copper
戈halberd, arms, festival car

Related words

戈ほこ
戈 is a broader term for dagger-axe or halberd-like polearms, while 銅戈 specifically refers to the bronze variant.

Etymology

Compound of 銅 (bronze) and 戈 (dagger-axe). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally used in archaeology for bronze dagger-axes.