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

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Radical 110 矛

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
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. Unrelated to 予.

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

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/

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/
Bernhard 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

spear; lance

Compounds

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)

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

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

矛

Wikisource

矛 (eumhun 창 모 (chang mo))

hanja form^? of 모 (“spear; lance”)

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

chữ Hán form of mâu (“spear”).

Compounds