矛

See also: 予

矛 U+77DB, 矛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77DB ← 矚 [U+77DA] CJK Unified Ideographs 矜 → [U+77DC]

⽭ U+2F6D, ⽭ KANGXI RADICAL SPEAR ← ⽬ [U+2F6C] Kangxi Radicals ⽮ → [U+2F6E]

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

• Appendix:Chinese radical/矛
• 𭑴, 𢘕, 𤝩, 柕, 䋒, 䟥, 𨱨, 𨥨, 𩶒, 𢦧, 敄, 𣭅, 務, 𨾣, 𪉝
• 𢦵, 茅, 𤔃, 罞, 雺, 髳, 𡛺, 𡬢, 𢘅, 柔, 𥁛, 𦚇, 䖥, 蟊, 𧕑, 袤, 裦, 𣓥, 霿

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máo (mao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): màu
• Eastern Min (BUC): màu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bâu / mâu / mô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mao⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶meu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máo
    • Wade–Giles: mao²
    • Yale: máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maau⁴
    • Yale: màauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: màu
    • Hakka Romanization System: mau^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mau²
    • Sinological IPA: /mau̯¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: màu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâu
    • Tâi-lô: bâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baau
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei): /bau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bau²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu
    • Tâi-lô: mâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /mãu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴/

Note:

• bâu/mâu - literary;
• mô͘ - vernacular (俗).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: mao⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶meu
    • MiniDict: meu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³meu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɤ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuw

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	móu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mau4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)u/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mu/

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. *[t] 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

• 丈八蛇矛 (Zhàng bā shémáo)
• 亡戟得矛
• 厹矛
• 大相矛盾
• 弓矛之士
• 挺矛 (tǐngmáo)
• 擲級承矛／掷级承矛
• 杯酒戈矛
• 矛吻海龍／矛吻海龙 (máowěnhǎilóng)
• 矛盾
• 矛盾律 (máodùnlǜ)
• 矛盾相向
• 矛蟻／矛蚁 (máoyǐ)
• 矛頭／矛头 (máotóu)
• 自相矛盾 (zìxiāngmáodùn)
• 衛矛／卫矛
• 酋矛
• 階級矛盾／阶级矛盾

 

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

• (Tokyo) ほこ [hóꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ko̞]

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [모]

Hanja

Wikisource

矛 (eumhun 창 모 (chang mo))

1. hanja form^? of 모 (“spear; lance”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 모순 (矛盾, mosun)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

矛: Hán Nôm readings: mâu, mấu

1. chữ Hán form of mâu (“spear”).

Compounds

• 矛盾 (mâu thuẫn, “contradiction”)
• 蛇矛 (xà mâu, “snake-headed spear”)
• 長矛 (trường mâu, “long spear”)