矛 — Chinese character
矛
máo
spear, lance
- Pinyin
- máo
- Radical
- 110 ⽭ (Spear)
- Strokes
- 5
- Formation
- pictographic — A spear pointed up and to the right
- Japanese
- 矛 as a kanji
Common words with 矛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矛盾 | máo dùn | contradiction; 个 (gè) |
| 矛头 (矛頭) | máo tóu | spearhead; barb |
| 自相矛盾 | zì xiāng máo dùn | to contradict oneself; self-contradictory |
| 长矛 (長矛) | cháng máo | pike; lance |
| 闹矛盾 (鬧矛盾) | nào máo dùn | to be at loggerheads; to have a falling out |
| 内部矛盾 (內部矛盾) | nèi bù máo dùn | internal contradiction |
| 敌我矛盾 (敵我矛盾) | dí wǒ máo dùn | contradictions between ourselves and the enemy; Either you are for us or against us. |
| 丈八蛇矛 | zhàng bā shé máo | ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺 (chǐ) in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body |
| 矛斑蝗莺 (矛斑蝗鶯) | máo bān huáng yīng | (bird species of China) lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata) |
| 矛柄 | máo bǐng | shaft |
| 矛纹草鹛 (矛紋草鶥) | máo wén cǎo méi | (bird species of China) Chinese babax (Pterorhinus lanceolatus) |
| 矛隼 | máo sǔn | (bird species of China) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) |
English words written with 矛
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.