鉾

14 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

halberd, arms, festival float

Kun'yomi
  • ほこ
    		long-handled Chinese spear ②weapon ③grip of a bow ④parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
On'yomi
  • ボウ
  • ム

Main Radical

金(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ほこ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

halberd, arms, festival float
ほこ　ボウ　ム (Kentei Pre-1)
gold
キン　きむ　かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン　すべ.て　まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
to divide
pupil (eye), moo (cow sound)
ム　ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
cow
うし　ギュウ　ご (2nd, N4)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る　カン　ほ.す (6th, N2)

Common Words

やま
山
ぼこ
鉾
festival float mounted with a decorative halberd
すじ
筋
かま
蒲
ぼこ
鉾
gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
かさ
傘
ぼこ
鉾
combined umbrella and halberd carried on floats in some festivals
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References

Unicode hex code 927E
JIS X 0208 1-43-40
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4845
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6255
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1720
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2154
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2342
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 40353
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8a6.11
Four corner code 8315.0