矛

矛 — halberd, arms, festival float

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 5
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1538 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: む mu

ぼう bou
Kun'yomi: ほこ hoko

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 矛

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

矛盾むじゅん contradiction JLPT N2