戈矛
gē​máo

ancient weapons

戈 gē spear

Pictograph of a weapon with a long shaft and horizontal blade.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (13 of 22 verified)

战戏戒贼戳戮戟戛戡戕戬戗戥戢賊戠戰戲戜戧𢦏𢦔

Iconic (11)

或武伐蔑戎戍臧戋幾㦰戔

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

找划栽戤

Simplified (1)

尧

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkwakʷˤaj dagger-axe

說文解字

《說文》：“戈，平頭也。从弋，一横之，象形。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

矛 máo spear

Pictograph of a spear-like weapon.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 6 verified)

柔茅袤蟊務楙

Meaning (1 of 3 verified)

矜矞敄

Deleted (1)

务

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmjuwm(r)u a kind of lance

說文解字

《說文》：“矛，酋矛也。建於兵車，長二丈。象形。，古文矛，从戈。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)