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Kanji Detail for 矛 - "spear, weapon"

  • Meaning

    矛 means "spear, weapon."

    1. Spear - A weapon with a double-edged blade attached to a long handle.

  • Four-character idioms with

    • 前後矛盾 ぜんごむじゅん Listen self-contradiction; self-inconsistency
    • 撞着矛盾 どうちゃくむじゅん Listen self-contradiction
    • 矛盾撞着 むじゅんどうちゃく Listen self-contradiction
    • 自己矛盾 じこむじゅん Listen self-contradiction; paradox; antinomy
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    • Verified meaning: spear, weapon
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    halberd; arms; festival float

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    spear, lance; Kangxi radical 110

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    spear; lance; pike

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    spear, lance

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

    A weapon name. Long handle with a blade. Used to stab enemies.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
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  • His behavior conflicts with what he says.

  • He isn't consistent with himself.

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