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矛 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「矛」

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4Junior high level ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「矛」
On
ム・ボウむ・ぼう · mu · bō
Kun
ほこhoko
Meaning
halberd; spear

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

From a long weapon with a pointed tip — a halberd.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onムむmu矛盾むじゅん
Kunほこhoko矛ほこ矛先ほこさき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 矛盾むじゅん

    contradiction

  • 矛先ほこさき

    point of attack

More words with this kanji

  • 矛ほこ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

話(はなし)の矛先(ほこさき)が変(か)わった。

The thrust of the talk changed.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

矛先矛盾矛先ahead盾shield矜to pri…忙busy坊boy肪fat冒risk帽cap
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 矛Map of reading ムAll maps

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