斧

fǔ

hatchet

father sound (父) + axe blade (斤) = hatchet

斤 is the meaning-bearing half, evoking an axe blade. 父 mainly lends the sound fǔ, though its image of a hand gripping a tool feels at home here.

父+斤→斧
斤AxeSemantic
父FatherPhonetic

他用斧子把木头劈开了。

tā yòng fǔ zi bǎ mù tou pī kāi le。

He used a hatchet to split the wood open.

爸爸把一把旧斧头挂在墙上。

bà ba bǎ yī bǎ jiù fǔ tou guà zài qiáng shàng。

Dad hung an old hatchet on the wall.

Words with 斧

斧头

fǔ tóu

ax

镰刀斧头

lián dāo fǔ tóu

the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, symbolizing rural and proletarian labor)

鬼斧神工

guǐ fǔ shén gōng

supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods

不避斧钺

bù bì fǔ yuè

not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom)

刀斧手

dāo fǔ shǒu

lictor

刀锯斧钺

dāo jù fǔ yuè

knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution

板斧

bǎn fǔ

broad axe

大刀阔斧

dà dāo kuò fǔ

bold and decisive

宽斧

kuān fǔ

broadax

战斧

zhàn fǔ

battle-ax

操斧伐柯

cāo fǔ fá kē

(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax

斧正

fǔ zhèng

(polite) please amend my writing

More characters with 父

爸爹釜爷