| Kanji | 矛 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ム、ボウ |
| Kunyomi | ほこ |
| English | halberd, arms, festival float |
| Examples | 矛盾(むじゅん): contradiction; inconsistency |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1538 |
| Components | 予: beforehand; previous; myself; I 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) |
| Number of Strokes | 5 |
| Kanji Radical | 矛 |
| Radical Number | 110 |
| Radical Strokes | 5 |
| Radical Reading | ほこ・ほこへん・むのほこ |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 象形 Pictographic |
| Keyword | halberd |
| Koohii Story 1 | マオ Zedong always carried a halberd. |
| Koohii Story 2 | Make the halberd a heroic warrior (perhaps of scandinavian origin) who weilds this polearm - the most effective, brutal and vicious one - with great skill. He can use it to hook, pierce and chop (the three strokes). |
| RTK Index | 1225 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_human.activities_fighting
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