Japanese symbol for “spearman”
槍術家
そうじゅつか
Romaji: soujutsuka
spearman
In Japanese, spearman is 槍術家, read そうじゅつか (soujutsuka).
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Meanings
- n spearman
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “spearman”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 槍使い | やりつかい yaritsukai | spearman |
| 槍兵 | そうへい souhei | pikeman; spearman; lanceman |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 横槍 | よこやり yokoyari | interruption; interference; butting in |
| 竹槍 | たけやり takeyari | bamboo spear |
| 槍玉 | やりだま yaridama | skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear |
| 一番槍 | いちばんやり ichiban'yari | the first to thrust a spear (at the enemy) |
| 槍術 | そうじゅつ soujutsu | spearmanship |
| 手槍 | てやり teyari | short spear; javelin |
| 技術 | ぎじゅつ gijutsu | technology; engineering |
| 手術 | しゅじゅつ shujutsu | surgery; operation; procedure |
| 家族 | かぞく kazoku | family |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.