Chinese Character Dictionary

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Stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, romanization, words and explanations for ""

Basic information
Strokes: 5 Radical: 矛 Structure: 右上包围结构
Pinyin: máo Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ Yueping: maau4 Guangdong: mao4
Minnan: bâu、mâu Chaozhou: mao5 Tang: miou
Stroke order:
Words:厹矛夷矛榡矛槽矛横矛矛叉矛头矛子矛弧矛戈矛戟矛榡矛槊矛渝矛盾两刃矛宛景矛宛鲁矛
Idioms:亡戟得矛以子之矛,攻子之盾倒持戈矛操矛入室杯酒戈矛矛盾相向矛盾重重自相矛盾鬻矛誉楯鬻矛誉榡鬻矛誉盾
Xiehouyu:
English meaning: spear, lance; Kangxi radical 110
Detailed explanations by pronunciation
Pinyin 1: máo
Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
(象形。金文字形,是古代用来刺杀敌人的进攻性武器。本义:长矛) 同本义 矛,酋矛也。建于兵车,长二丈,象形。——《说文》。按,矛者,刺兵也,其饰县毛羽,兵车左人持弓,右人持矛,中人御。又有夷矛者,长二丈四尺,兵车所不建,不常用。<br>二矛重英。——《诗·郑风·清人》<br>二矛重乔。<br>脩我戈矛。——《诗·秦风·无衣》<br>进矛戟者。——《礼记·曲礼》<br>操戈执矛。——《周书·王会》<br>矛若林立。——清·邵长蘅《青门剩稿》
又如:矛戈(矛与戈。攻击;指责);矛弧(矛与弓。泛指凶器);矛子(梭镖。装有长柄的双刃单尖刀);矛戟(矛和戟。泛指兵器);矛叉(月牙铲);矛舛(矛盾,乖谬);矛戟(矛盾。矛与盾)