矛 – halberd, arms, festival float

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The kanji 矛 means halberd, arms, festival float. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ム、ボウ (mu, bou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほこ (hoko). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 矛 (no. 110).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ム	mu
On’yomi	ボウ	bou
Kun’yomi	ほこ	hoko

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 矛 (Kangxi radical 110). Components: マ.

Words using 矛

矛盾むじゅんcontradiction

Example sentences

それは矛盾だらけだ。

It's a bundle of contradictions.

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