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Kanji Detail for 槍 - "spear, lance"

槍

  • Meaning

    槍 means "spear, lance." Also associated with to pierce.

    1. Spear - A long weapon with a pointed tip.

    2. Lance - A weapon for thrusting.

    3. Pierce - To thrust; to stab; to push forward.

  • Four-character idioms with 槍

    • 單槍匹馬 たんそうひつば Listen doing something on one's own without another's help

  • Tattoo check: 槍

    • Verified meaning: spear, lance
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うつぎ, うつぎざき, やり)
    • Also carries these associations: to pierce

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 槍

    Surnames 槍(うつぎ)Listen 槍(うつぎざき)Listen 槍(やり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    spear; lance; javelin

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    spear, lance; gun, rifle

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Qiang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    gun, rife; lance, spear

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A wooden weapon sharpened to a point. Later made of iron. | Same as 鎗. A firearm. See "鎗" for details. | Cutting bamboo or wood and inserting it into the ground is called 槍. Hence, commoners call fences 槍籬. | To butt against. As in "head butting the ground" (頭槍地), meaning to kowtow. See History of Han. | 欃槍 (Chan-ch'iang). A comet.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    yari(やり) やり

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    spear lance pierce weapon battle blade thrust stab shaft pike halberd combat cavalry infantry long sharp point penetrate

Sentences including 槍

  • This is a lance.

  • He hurled a spear at his enemy.

  • Whether rain shall fall, whether spears shall fall, I will go.

  • The coin's face depicts a javelin thrower.

  • Have you ever climbed Mt. Yari?

  • I'll be there rain or shine.

  • Even if it is raining spears, I'm still going.

  • I'm going to go tomorrow no matter what.

  • Hey, we're trying to have a serious discussion here so I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't butt in so irresponsibly.

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