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The three most common types of Chinese polearms are the ge (戈), qiang (槍), and ji (戟). They are translated into English as dagger-axe, spear, and halberd. [1] Dagger-axes were originally a short slashing weapon with a 0.9–1.8 m (2 ft 11 in – 5 ft 11 in) long shaft, but around the 4th century BC a spearhead was added to the blade, and it became a halberd.
The dagger-axe (Chinese: 戈; pinyin: gē; Wade–Giles: ko) is a type of polearm that was in use from the Longshan culture until the Han dynasty in China. [1] It consists of a dagger-shaped blade, mounted by its tang to a perpendicular wooden shaft. The earliest dagger-axe blades were made of stone. Later versions used bronze.
Chinese polearms (12 P) Chinese swords (2 C, 22 P) F. ... Pages in category "Weapons of China" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total.
A guandao is a type of Chinese polearm that is used in some forms of Chinese martial arts.In Chinese, it is properly called a yanyuedao (偃月刀; lit. "reclining moon blade"), the name under which it always appears [citation needed] in texts from the Song to Qing dynasties such as the Wujing Zongyao and Huangchao Liqi Tushi.
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Eastern Zhou bronze ji. The ji (pronunciation: , English approximation: / dʒ iː / jee, Chinese: 戟; pinyin: jǐ) was a Chinese polearm, sometimes translated into English as spear [1] or halberd, [2] though they are conceptually different weapons.
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