櫜弓戢戈

櫜弓戢戈 in English

gāo gōng jí gē: (idiom) Originally meaning to put away weapons, bows, and arrows, it later came to mean bringing hostilities to an end.

Character breakdown

櫜 gāo weapon case
弓 gōng a bow (weapon)
戢 jí to restrain oneself
戈 gē dagger-axe

How it used to be written

櫜

Small seal script

弓

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
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戢

Small seal script
Clerical script 東漢
See all 3 forms

戈

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script
See all 15 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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