矛 (máo)

Spear; lance.

How 矛 is written

Strokes
5
Traditional
矛
Simplified
矛 (unchanged)

Common words using 矛

矛盾 máodùn
contradiction; CL:個|个[ge4]; conflicting views
矛頭 máotóu
spearhead; barb; an attack or criticism
長矛 chángmáo
pike; lance; CL:把[ba3],柄[bing3]

矛 in a sentence

這個故事是關於一個人賣矛和盾。

Zhè ge gùshì shì guānyú yí ge rén mài máo hàn dùn.

“This story is about a person selling a spear and a shield.”

How common is 矛?

矛 is the 1,439th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.1% of all running text.

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