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JLPT N210画 · 10 strokesradical

spear, halberd

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • ほこ

Meanings across languages

English
spear, halberd
Tiếng Việt
mác, giáo
日本語
ほこ, やり

Common compounds

  • 矛盾むじゅんcontradiction, inconsistency
  • 矛先ほこさきspearhead, target of attack
  • 矛盾するむじゅんするto contradict, to be inconsistent

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