槍 — kanji meaning “spear”
槍
spear, lance, javelin
- Meanings
- spear, lance, javelin
- On'yomi
- ソウ (sou)、ショウ (shou)
- Kun'yomi
- やり
- Name readings
- うつ
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2261 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- qiāng — Chinese character page
Words with 槍
| 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 |
| 投げ槍 | なげやり nageyari | throwing spear; javelin |
| 槍先 | やりさき yarisaki | spearhead |
| 槍持ち | やりもち yarimochi | spear carrier (for the master of a samurai family) |
| 槍衾 | やりぶすま yaribusuma | line of spears held at the ready |
| 槍術家 | そうじゅつか soujutsuka | spearman |
| 槍の穂先 | やりのほさき yarinohosaki | spearhead |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.