hit, strike

is composed of (axle) and (spear). means the axle of a spinning wheel, in the ancient chariot’s fighting, the chariots would use their ends of the axles to hit each other, while is the picture of a hand holding a weapon. Both have the meaning of hitting or striking, so also has such meaning, but it has been replaced by , now we won’t use it. Another interpretation, if an infantryman wanna defeat a chariot, he needs to hit its axle with his spear.

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