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矛

halberd
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingム、ボウ
Kun readingほこ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. halberdRtK
    彼の票決記録をたどると矛盾だらけです。His voting record is riddled with contradictions.tatoeba
    彼の昨日の発言は先週の発言と矛盾していた。What he said yesterday was not in accord with what he said last week.tatoeba
  2. arms
  3. festival float
  1. long-handled Chinese spear
  2. lance
  3. pike
  4. weapon

Radicals and components

Radical矛spear
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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beforehand

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1311

Compound words

矛盾むじゅん
contradiction; inconsistency
矛先ほこさき
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; target
鎚矛つちほこ
mace
矛楯むじゅん
contradiction
瓊矛ぬほこ
jeweled spear (jewelled)
相矛盾あいむじゅん
mutually contradictory
自己矛盾じこむじゅん
self-contradiction
前後矛盾ぜんごむじゅん
self-contradiction
天の瓊矛あまのぬほこ
Ama no Nuhoko
撞着矛盾どうちゃくむじゅん
self-contradiction
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
self-contradiction
矛盾するむじゅんする
to contradict; to be inconsistent
矛を収めるほこをおさめる
to sheathe one's sword

Additional Examples

彼の行動は言っている事と矛盾する。
His behavior conflicts with what he says.tatoeba
彼の言動は常に矛盾していた。
His actions always contradicted his word.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 矛

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step