Chinese symbol for “lance”
戛
jiá
lance; to tap; to scrape; to chirp
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lance is 戛 (jiá), defined as: lance; to tap; to scrape; to chirp; custom.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lance”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矛 | máo | spear; lance; pike; measure word: 支 (zhī) |
| 戣 | kuí | a lance |
| 长矛 (長矛) | cháng máo | pike; lance |
| 矟 | shuò | lance |
| 马枪 (馬槍) | mǎ qiāng | carbine; lance |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 戛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 戛然而止 | jiá rán ér zhǐ | with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound) |
| 戛然 | jiá rán | (literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound); to be loud and clear |
| 戛戛 | jiá jiá | difficult; challenging |
| 戛戛独造 (戛戛獨造) | jiá jiá dú zào | creative; original |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lance”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.