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

鋒

Jinmeiyō Kanji

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.
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

hoh(ホウ)
Kunyomi

hokosaki(ほこさき)

kissaki(きっさき)

tokari(とかり)
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

金 (kane・kanehen)
Related Keywords
point spear tip vanguard sharp edge blade cutting keen piercing forefront leading apex peak acute needle pinnacle