Moto 矛 (ほこ)long-handled Chinese spear; lance; pike
- long-handled Chinese spear; lance; pikenoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- weapon; armsnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- grip of a bownoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spearsnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Kanji in 矛
Words that share its kanji
- 矛盾むじゅんcontradiction; inconsistency
- 矛先ほこさきpoint of spear; spearhead
- 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
- 天の瓊矛あまのぬほこAma no Nuhoko; the heavenly jeweled spear used by Izanagi and Izanami
- 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)
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