矛

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 矛. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 矛, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 矛 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 矛 you have here. The definition of the word 矛 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of矛, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 予
矛 U+77DB, 矛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77DB
← 矚
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 矜 →
⽭ U+2F6D, ⽭
KANGXI RADICAL SPEAR
← ⽬
 		Kangxi Radicals ⽮ →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

矛 (Kangxi radical 110, 矛+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈弓竹 (NINH), four-corner 17222, composition ⿹予丿)

  1. Kangxi radical #110, ⽭.

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 821, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23846
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1233, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2764, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+77DB

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 矛
alternative forms 𢧟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 矛
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (矛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
堥 *muː, *mu
蓩 *muːʔ, *moːɡ
猱 *ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
茅 *mruː
罞 *mruː, *muːŋ
蝥 *mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
鶜 *mruː
瞀 *moːɡs, *mroːɡ
愗 *moːɡs
袤 *mus
雺 *mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
懋 *mus
楙 *mus
矛 *mu
蟊 *mu
髳 *mu, *muːŋ
鍪 *mu
鞪 *mu, *moːɡ
糅 *ml'us
腬 *ml'us, *mlju
柔 *mlju
揉 *mju
蹂 *mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
鍒 *mju
騥 *mju
蝚 *mju
葇 *mju, *mjuʔ
鞣 *mju, *mjus
鰇 *mju
瑈 *mju
鶔 *mju
楺 *mjuʔ
煣 *mjuʔ, *mjus
輮 *mjuʔ, *mjus
韖 *mjuʔ
敄 *moʔ, *mos
務 *moɡs
鶩 *moɡs, *moːɡ
騖 *moɡs
婺 *moɡs
霚 *moɡs, *moːŋ
嵍 *moɡs
霧 *moɡs, *moːŋ
霿 *moːŋ, *moːŋs
楘 *moːɡ

The pictogram of a bamboo spear with a ring in the middle.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • bâu/mâu - literary;
  • mô͘ - vernacular (俗).
Rime
Character 矛
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 莫浮切
Baxter mjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/miu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/muw/
Li
Rong 		/miu/
Wang
Li 		/mĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		móu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mau4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 矛
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		máo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjuw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m(r)u/
English a kind of lance

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 矛
Reading # 1/1
No. 8814
Phonetic
component 		矛
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		謀
Old
Chinese 		/*mu/

Definitions

矛

  1. spear; lance

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

矛

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: む (mu, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
  • Kun: ほこ (hoko, 矛, Jōyō)


Kanji in this term
矛
ほこ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
鉾
鋒
戈
戟

Pronunciation

Noun

矛(ほこ) • (hoko) 

  1. a Chinese spear; a lance; a halberd

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 矛 (MC mjuw). Recorded as Middle Korean 모 (mwo) (Yale: mwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

矛 (eumhun 창 모 (chang mo))

  1. hanja form? of 모 (“spear; lance”)

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

矛: Hán Nôm readings: mâu, mấu

  1. chữ Hán form of mâu (“spear”).

Compounds

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia