矛 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

halberd, arms, festival float

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • JHS
  • ボウ
Kun (native)
  • ほこJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音mao2
  • 한글mo
  • Hán-ViệtMâu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
5 strokes
Radical
矛(ほこ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+77DB

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿹予丿

Words using this kanji

  • 矛盾むじゅんつじつまが合わないこと。複数の命題が、同時に真にならないこと。 つじつまが合わない。複数の命題が、同時に真にならない。contradiction, inconsistency
  • 矛先ほこさき「ほこさき」の漢字表記。point of a spear, spearhead, focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.), aim
  • ほこ(ほこ)古代の武器で、両刃の剣に長柄をつけたもの。日本においては、槍と薙刀に分化した。 (ほこ)戦闘、又は戦闘的態度。long-handled Chinese spear, lance, pike, weapon
  • 矛偏ほこへん漢字の部首「⽭」が偏であるときの呼称。kanji "spear" radical at left
  • 矛杉ほこすぎspear-shaped Japanese cedar
  • 矛盾律むじゅんりつlaw of contradiction
  • 矛盾性むじゅんせいcontradiction, inconsistency
  • 矛山車ほこだしparade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
  • 矛盾語法むじゅんごほうoxymoron
  • 矛盾撞着むじゅんどうちゃく二つの事柄の間に齟齬があって、辻褄が合わないこと。self-contradiction
  • 矛盾原理むじゅんげんりprinciple of contradiction, law of contradiction
  • 矛を収めるほこをおさめるto sheathe one's sword, to lay down arms, to bury the hatchet
  • 矛盾データむじゅんデータinconsistent data
  • 矛を交えるほこをまじえるto fight, to cross swords, to engage in battle

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(26 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-3
Four Corner
1722.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a5.6
Heisig
1311
Nelson
3164