矛

See also: 予

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

矛 (radical 110 矛+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈弓竹 (NINH), four-corner 1722₂)

1. spear, lance
2. KangXi radical 110

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/矛
• 柔 敄

References

• KangXi: page 821, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23846
• Dae Jaweon: page 1233, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2764, character 1
• Unihan data for U+77DB

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		矛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máo (mao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): mâu
• Min Nan (POJ): mâu / mô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: máo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau⁴
    • Yale: màauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâu
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ma̯u²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu / mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: mâu / mô͘
    • IPA (Taipei): /maʊ²³/, /mɔ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /maʊ¹³/, /mɔ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (矛, reconstructed)
Character (矛), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 莫浮切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/mɨu/	/mi̯ə̯u/	/miu/	/miu/	/muw/	/mĭəu/	/miəu/

Old Chinese pronunciation (矛, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
矛								máo								‹ mjuw ›								/*m(r)u/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
矛					8814					矛					幽					1					謀					/*mu/

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

矛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: む (mu)
• Kan’on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: ほこ (hoko)

Kanji in this term

矛

ほこ Grade: S

kun'yomi

Noun

矛 (hiragana ほこ, romaji hoko)

1. Chinese spear, lance, halberd

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Korean

Hanja

矛 (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune-Reischauer mo, Yale mo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: mâu, mấu

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