Kanji

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: halberd, arms, festival car, float, tasselled spear radical (no. 62)

Kunyomi: ほこ ほこづくり

Onyomi:

Composition: 丿

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: spear, halberd

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ge (ancient Chinese dagger-axe)

ヘイカ swords, arms, warfare

ドウカ bronze dagger-axe

Kunyomi Examples

ほこ long-handled Chinese spear, lance, pike, weapon, arms, grip of a bow, parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears

構え ほこがまえ kanji "spear" radical at right

ほこづくり kanji "spear" radical at right