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戈

Readings

Kana: カ、ほこ、ほこづくり
Romaji: ka, hoko, hokozukuri
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: かのほこ
Romaji: kanohoko
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

halberd, arms, festival car, float, tasselled spear radical (no. 62)

Stroke Diagram

1234

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  4
Radical Number:  62
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  4-4-4
Korean Reading:  gwa
Chinese Reading:  ge1
Unicode:  6208
JIS:  5879

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3462
Nelson Index: 1794
New Nelson Index: 2018
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4n0.1
Four Corner Index: 5300.0
Japanese Names Index: 108
Daikanwanjiten Index: 11530
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0001
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4274

Words

矛 (ほこ、とかり)
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; pike; weapon; arms; grip of a bow
干戈 (かんか)
shield and halberd; fighting; war
矛を収める (ほこをおさめる)
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
戈構え (ほこがまえ)
kanji "spear" radical at right
干戈を交える (かんかをまじえる)
to open hostilities; to be at war
戈 (か)
ge (ancient Chinese dagger-axe)
兵戈 (へいか)
swords; arms; warfare
銅戈 (どうか)
bronze dagger-axe
戈旁 (ほこづくり)
kanji "spear" radical at right
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