Radical 110

矛
← 109
Radical 110 (U+2F6D)
111 →
矛 (U+77DB) "spear"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:máo
Bopomofo:ㄇㄠˊ
Wade–Giles:mao2
Cantonese Yale:maau4
Jyutping:maau4
Japanese Kana:ボウ bō / ム mu (on'yomi)
ほこ hoko (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:모 mo
Names
Chinese name(s):矛字旁 máozìpáng
Japanese name(s):矛/ほこ hoko
矛偏/ほこへん hokohen
Hangul:창 chang
Stroke order animation

Radical 110 or radical spear (矛部) meaning "spear" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 65 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

矛 is also the 121st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

Unrelated to 予.

Derived characters

StrokesCharacters
+0矛
+4矜
+5矝
+7矞 矟
+8矠
+20矡

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