Jisho

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矛

5 strokes
Radical:
spear 矛
Parts:
マ 矛
halberd, arms, festival float
Kun:
ほこ
On:
ム、 ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1538 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 矛盾 【ムジュン】 contradiction, inconsistency
  • 矛盾原理 【ムジュンゲンリ】 principle of contradiction, law of contradiction

Kun reading compounds

  • 矛 【ほこ】 long-handled Chinese spear, lance, pike, weapon, arms, grip of a bow, parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
  • 矛先 【ほこさき】 point of a spear, spearhead, focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.), aim, target, brunt, force (of an argument), edge
  • 銅矛 【どうほこ】 bronze hoko, bronze halberd, bronze spearhead
  • 鎚矛 【つちほこ】 mace

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mao2
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • alabarda
  • armas

Portuguese

  • alabarda
  • armas
  • carro alegórico

French

  • hallebarde
  • armes
  • char de festival
1843 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1672 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3164 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1813 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1565 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
150 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
773 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
787 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
955 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1392 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2501 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1732 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1233 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23846 Morohashi
2008 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3974 New Nelson (John Haig)
1225 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1311 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1054 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3553 2001 Kanji
0a5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
2-3-2 SKIP code
1722.2 Four corner code
1-44-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
77db Unicode hex code

交

6 strokes
Radical:
lid 亠
Parts:
亠 父
mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
Kun:
まじ.わる、 まじ.える、 ま.じる、 まじ.る、 ま.ざる、 ま.ぜる、 -か.う、 か.わす、 かわ.す、 こもごも
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
178 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 交 【コウ】 association, fellowship, change (of season, year, etc.)
  • 交易 【コウエキ】 trade, commerce
  • 親交 【シンコウ】 intimacy, friendship, friendly relations
  • 国交 【コッコウ】 diplomatic relations

Kun reading compounds

  • 交わる 【まじわる】 to cross, to intersect, to join, to meet, to associate with, to mingle with, to consort with, to have a sexual relationship, to copulate
  • 交える 【まじえる】 to mix, to combine, to include, to exchange (words, fire, etc.), to cross (e.g. swords), to join together
  • 混じる 【まじる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to be combined, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join
  • 混じる 【まじる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to be combined, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join
  • 混ざる 【まざる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to associate with, to mingle with, to join
  • 混ぜる 【まぜる】 to mix, to stir, to blend
  • 交わす 【かわす】 to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.), to intersect, to cross, to interlace, ... with one another, ... to each other
  • 交わす 【かわす】 to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.), to intersect, to cross, to interlace, ... with one another, ... to each other
  • 交々 【こもごも】 alternately, in succession

Readings

Japanese names:
かた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao1
Korean:
gyo

Spanish

  • cambio
  • reemplazo
  • mezcla
  • asociación
  • cruzarse
  • mezclarse
  • cruzar
  • mezclar

Portuguese

  • Misturar-se
  • misturando
  • associação
  • vindo & indo

French

  • mélanger
  • échanges
  • association
  • mêler
  • aller et venir
212 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
128 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
115 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
200 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
290 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
86 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
298 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
293 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
114 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
114 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
504 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
38 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2508 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1272 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1738 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1283 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
291 Morohashi
2015 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
90 New Nelson (John Haig)
1275 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1368 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
269 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
120 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
2j4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2-4-2 SKIP code
0040.8 Four corner code
1-24-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ea4 Unicode hex code