IDENTITY
矛máospear; lance
HSK 5Top 1150
CORE MEANING
spear; lance
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.spearHSK5
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 矛spear radical (máo)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- ⿱龴⿹𠄐丿
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
矛盾máodùncontradiction
长矛chángmáolong spear
Graded examples
他说话自相矛盾。Tā shuōhuà zìxiāng máodùn.HSK5
He contradicts himself.
RELATIONS
In these chengyu
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 予
LEARNING
Memory aid
A spear with its long handle and pointed head.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #1150
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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