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Kanji Detail for 鋒 - "point, spear tip, vanguard"

鋒

  • Meaning

    鋒 means "point, spear tip, vanguard."

    1. Point - The sharp tip of a blade.

    2. Spear tip - The cutting edge of a weapon.

    3. Vanguard - The forefront of an army.

    4. Sharp - Keen and cutting; incisive.

  • Tattoo check: 鋒

    • Verified meaning: point, spear tip, vanguard
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たかほこ, とがり, ほこさき)

    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 鋒

    Surnames 鋒(たかほこ)Listen 鋒(とがり)Listen 鋒(ほこさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    dagger; sword's point; festival car; float

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    point of spear, sharp point

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    point of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard; forward (in sports team)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    spear-point; edge, point, tip

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

    The sharp point of a weapon. | All sharp things are called 鋒. As in 筆鋒 (tip of the brush), 詞鋒 (sharp words). | Something with sharp momentum that cannot be stopped is called 鋒. 變詐鋒起 (treachery rises sharply) is found in the Book of Han. It means rising like sharp blades that are hard to resist.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hoh(ホウ) ホウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hokosaki(ほこさき) ほこさき

    kissaki(きっさき) きっさき

    tokari(とかり) とかり

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    金 (kane・kanehen)

  • Related Keywords

    point spear tip vanguard sharp edge blade cutting keen piercing forefront leading apex peak acute needle pinnacle

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