The kanji 矛: meaning, readings and stroke order

矛

Meaning: spear, halberd
On reading: ム mu
Kun reading: ほこ hoko
Strokes: 5
Radical: 矛 spear
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cây giáo (mâu)
Japanese: ほこ。むかしのやり。
Korean: 창 (모)
Chinese: 矛

Readings, words and example sentences

ム mu · on reading · less common

矛む盾じゅん
contradiction
話に 矛む盾じゅんはありません。
There is no contradiction in the story.

ほこ hoko · kun reading · less common

矛ほこ
spear
むかしの兵は 矛ほこを持ちました。
Soldiers long ago carried spears.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.