Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
spear
Parts:
halberd, arms, festival float
Kun:
ほこ
On:
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

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
shield, escutcheon, pretext
Kun:
たて
On:
ジュン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1476 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 相矛盾 【アイムジュン】 mutually contradictory
  • 形容矛盾 【ケイヨウムジュン】 contradictio in adjecto, contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 盾 【たて】 shield, buckler, escutcheon, pretext
  • 楯突く 【たてつく】 to defy, to disobey, to rebel against, to oppose, to resist
  • 人間の盾 【にんげんのたて】 human shield
  • 円盾 【まるたて】 round shield, buckler

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dun4, shun3
Korean:
sun, don

Spanish

  • escudo
  • pretexto

Portuguese

  • escudo
  • brasão
  • escusa

French

  • bouclier
  • écu
  • prétexte
1375 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1640 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
215 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1814 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1559 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
984 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
772 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
786 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
956 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1381 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3729 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1907 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2590 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1870 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23171 Morohashi
3006 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3912 New Nelson (John Haig)
1853 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1997 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1286 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2679 2001 Kanji
5c4.8 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-7 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
7226.4 Four corner code
1-29-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76fe Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
rhythm, law, regulation, gauge, control
On:
リツリチレツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
992 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 律 【リツ】 law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code), regulation, vinaya (rules for the monastic community), Ritsu (school of Buddhism), lüshi (style of Chinese poem), (musical) pitch, six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale, Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do), step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone)
  • 律令 【リツリョウ】 ritsuryō, criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
  • 一律 【イチリツ】 uniform, even, across-the-board, equal
  • 自律 【ジリツ】 autonomy (in Kantian ethics), self-control
  • 律儀 【リチギ】 upright, honest, faithful, conscientious, sincere
  • 律義者 【リチギモノ】 honest person, conscientious person
  • 呂律 【ロレツ】 articulation

Readings

Japanese names:
たかし、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:4
Korean:
ryul

Spanish

  • ley
  • regulación
  • regla
  • ritmo (musical)

Portuguese

  • ritmo
  • lei
  • regulamento
  • medida
  • controle

French

  • rythme
  • ordonner
  • loi
  • régulation
  • contrôle
  • jauge
877 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
1003 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
993 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1048 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1608 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
526 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
521 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
787 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
667 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
678 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
519 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
627 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
433 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
268 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
322 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
883 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10097 Morohashi
363 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1740 New Nelson (John Haig)
874 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
939 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
895 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2055 2001 Kanji
3i6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
2520.7 Four corner code
1-46-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f8b Unicode hex code