Chinese Character Wiki
矛

máo

spear

Pictograph of a spear-like weapon.

Evolution

矛 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
矛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
矛 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
矛 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

矛  

máo

spear, lance; KangXi radical 110; spear; lance; pike

Most common words with 矛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

矛盾

contradiction

矛

spear

矛头

barb

长矛

pike

自相矛盾

to contradict oneself

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (1 verified)

矞 矜 敄

Sound component in 6 characters (2 verified)

務 柔 茅 袤 蟊 楙

Deleted component in 1 character (1 verified)

务

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m(r)u

mjuw

máo

a kind of lance


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 8.9700% of movies

2117th most common character in movies

1441st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+77DB

Shuowen

“矛，酋矛也。建於兵車，長二丈。象形。，古文矛，从戈。”


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