Chinese symbol for “spearhead”
矛头
máo tóu
Traditional: 矛頭
spearhead; barb; an attack or criticism
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spearhead is 矛头 (máo tóu), defined as: spearhead; barb; an attack or criticism.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “spearhead”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 矛头.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矛盾 | máo dùn | contradiction; 个 (gè) |
| 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 |
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
| 镜头 (鏡頭) | jìng tóu | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spearhead”.
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.