矛
See also: 予
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Translingual
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Han character
矛 (Kangxi radical 110, 矛+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈弓竹 (NINH), four-corner 17222, composition ⿹予丿)
- 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 | |
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| alternative forms | 𢧟 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 矛 | ||
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| 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 () (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. Unrelated to 予.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maau4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): màu
- Eastern Min (BUC): màu
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6meu
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: maau4
- Yale: màauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: maau4
- Guangdong Romanization: mao4
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: màu
- Hakka Romanization System: mauˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: mau2
- Sinological IPA: /mau̯¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- 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/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
Note:
- bâu/mâu - literary;
- mô͘ - vernacular (俗).
- Middle Chinese: mjuw
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)u/
- (Zhengzhang): /*mu/
Definitions
矛
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
矛
Readings
| Kanji in this term |
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| 矛 |
| ほこ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
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| 鉾 鋒 戈 戟 |
Pronunciation
Noun
矛 • (hoko)
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
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. [1]
Vietnamese
Han character
Compounds
- 矛盾 (mâu thuẫn, “contradiction”)
- 蛇矛 (xà mâu, “snake-headed spear”)
- 長矛 (trường mâu, “long spear”)