矛: halberd, arms
- JLPT level N1
- 5 strokes
- Radical 矛
Also festival float
Readings
On’yomi
- ム
- ボウ
Kun’yomi
- ほこ
On’yomi and kun’yomi?
On’yomi are readings that came from Chinese, written here in katakana. Kun’yomi are native Japanese readings, written in hiragana. Which one is used depends on the word: kanji in compounds often take an on’yomi, and a kanji standing alone often takes a kun’yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Example words
- 矛long-handled Chinese spear; lance; pike
- 矛盾contradiction; inconsistency
- 矛先point of a spear; spearhead
Where do these words come from?
They are common words containing 矛, from JMdict, picked automatically with words made of easier kanji first. They are not graded by JLPT level.
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Additional detailsSchool grade, frequency, Unicode and sources
- School grade
- Secondary school
- Newspaper frequency
- 1,538 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 矛 no. 110
- Unicode
- U+77DB
School grade comes from the Japanese school curriculum. Frequency is the rank among the 2,500 most common kanji in newspapers. Neither is a JLPT level.
Sources for this entry
- KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0): meanings, on’yomi, kun’yomi, stroke count, school grade, newspaper frequency, radical
- Jonathan Waller's JLPT kanji lists (CC BY): JLPT level
- JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0): example words
- KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0): stroke order