矛: Halberd; Arms; Festival FloatKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ム・ボウ)

• 矛盾むじゅんcontradiction; inconsistency
• 前後矛盾ぜんごむじゅんself-contradiction; self-inconsistency
• 名辞矛盾めいじむじゅんcontradiction in terms
• 形容矛盾けいようむじゅんcontradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)
• 撞着矛盾どうちゃくむじゅんself-contradiction
• 無矛盾性むむじゅんせいconsistency (of an axiomatic system)
• 相矛盾あいむじゅんmutually contradictory
• 矛盾データむじゅんデータinconsistent data
• 矛盾原理むじゅんげんりprinciple of contradiction (logic)
• 矛盾律むじゅんりつlaw of contradiction (logic)
• 矛盾性むじゅんせいcontradiction; inconsistency
• 矛盾撞着むじゅんどうちゃくself-contradiction
• 矛盾語法むじゅんごほうoxymoron
• 自己矛盾じこむじゅんself-contradiction; paradox
• 論理矛盾ろんりむじゅんlogical inconsistency; logical contradiction

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 矛先ほこさきpoint of spear; spearhead
• 矛ほこlong-handled Chinese spear; lance
• 矛を収めるほこをおさめるto sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms
• 矛偏ほこへんkanji "spear" radical at left
• 矛杉ほこすぎspear-shaped Japanese cedar
• 銅矛どうほこbronze hoko; bronze halberd

Other readings

• 天の瓊矛あまのぬほこAma no Nuhoko; the heavenly jeweled spear used by Izanagi and Izanami
• 瓊矛ぬほこjeweled spear (jewelled)
• 矛山車ほこだしparade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears

Kanji that often appear with 矛

• 盾
• 着
• 性
• 理
• 先
• 前
• 後
• 名
• 辞
• 天