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Readings

Kana: ム、ボウ、ほこ
Romaji: mu, bou, hoko
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

halberd, arms, festival float

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  5
Radical Number:  110
Frequency:  1538
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-2-3
Korean Reading:  mo
Chinese Reading:  mao2
Unicode:  77db
JIS:  4C37

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2008
Nelson Index: 3164
New Nelson Index: 3974
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a5.6
Four Corner Index: 1722.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 1843
Gakken Index: 1672
Japanese Names Index: 150
Daikanwanjiten Index: 23846
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0269
Remembering the kanji Index: 1225
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1565
Kodansha Compact Index: 1392
Kanji in Context Index: 955
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1266
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1732
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1233
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1311
Essential Kanji Index: 1813
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2501
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3553
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1054

Words

(ほこ、とかり)
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; pike; weapon; arms; grip of a bow
矛先 (ほこさき)
point of spear; spearhead; brunt; aim of attack; force of argument
矛盾撞着 (むじゅんどうちゃく)
self-contradiction
自己矛盾 (じこむじゅん)
self-contradiction; paradox; antinomy
撞着矛盾 (どうちゃくむじゅん)
self-contradiction
矛盾 (むじゅん)
contradiction; inconsistency
形容矛盾 (けいようむじゅん)
contradictio in adjecto (contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies, i.e. "wooden iron", "hot ice", etc.)
矛盾語法 (むじゅんごほう)
oxymoron
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
珍矛 (ちんぽこ)
penis
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