矛 - máo - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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矛

máo

Definition

spear
radical (Kang Xi 110)
meaning component (weapon, war, killing...)
lance
pike

Character Decomposition

Compounds (10)

柔

róu

soft; flexible; supple; yielding; rho (Greek letter Ρρ)

reeds; rushes

to boast; to esteem; to sympathize

袤

mào

length; distance from north to south

矞

yù

grand; elegant; propitious

蟊

máo

Spanish fly; grain-eating grub

Cydonia japonica

(old) spear

lance

bang (hair); fashionable; mane

Related words (13)

矛头

máo tóu

spearhead; barb; an attack or criticism

shaft

quandary; tension; contradictious; to contradict; contradiction; conflicting views; contradictory

矛隼

máo sǔn

(bird species of China) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

矛头指向

máo tóu zhǐ xiàng

to target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc)

矛斑蝗莺

máo bān huáng yīng

(bird species of China) lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata)

矛纹草鹛

máo wén cǎo méi

(bird species of China) Chinese babax (Babax lanceolatus)

pike; lance

to be at loggerheads; to have a falling out

内部矛盾

nèi bù máo dùn

internal contradiction

敌我矛盾

dí wǒ máo dùn

contradictions between ourselves and the enemy; Either you are for us or against us.

自相矛盾

zì xiāng máo dùn

to contradict oneself; self-contradictory; inconsistent

人民内部矛盾

rén mín nèi bù máo dùn

internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)

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