The Chinese Radical: 矛


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Meaning
barbed lance    矛

Explanation Do not mistake with the radical: " to give, bestow"

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 5
spear, lance, pike
máo

Image of a barbed lance.
JLPT HSK 5
soft, flexible, supple, yielding
róu
Image of a spear (= developed from a barbed lance) that is positioned in the top of a tree , where the wood is still weak.
A spear made out of the top of a tree is soft and flexible.
JLPT HSK 6
to knead, to massage, to rub
róu
Left: hand , right: soft, flexible 柔 (A spear from the upper part of a tree is soft&flexible)
The hand makes it soft and flexible when kneading at the massage.
JLPT no HSK
mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), tangerine

Left: tree , right: 矞 (spear , variation of sell 商)
At this tree you pluck with a spear and sell: the mandarin.
JLPT no HSK
reeds, rushes [BOT.]
máo
Top: grass , bottom: barbed spear/lance
Grass as long as a barbed spear is: reeds.
JLPT no HSK
boast, esteem, sympathize
jīn
Left: spear, lance , right: now (Put the cover into the corner フ Now!)
The lance has now (pierced), that's how he: boasted.
JLPT no HSK
trample
róu
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: soft, flexible 柔 (A spear from the upper part of a tree is soft & flexible)
The feet destroy until everything is soft and flexible, when: trampling.

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