戈

4 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

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

Kun'yomi
  • ほこ
    		long-handled Chinese spear ②weapon ③grip of a bow ④parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
  • ほこづくり
On'yomi
  • カ
    		ge (ancient Chinese dagger-ax)

Main Radical

戈(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ほこ 96.7%
カ 3.3%

Character Breakdown

halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ　カ　ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク　いぐるみ (Kentei 1)

Contained In

伐 孅 懺 戉 戊 戋 戎 我 戒 戔 或 戛 戝 戞 戟 戠 戡 戦 戮 戯 戰 戲 戳 找 殲 籖 籤 纖 讖 𢦏

Common Words

へい
兵
か
戈
swords
かん
干
か
戈
weapon ②fighting
ほこ
戈
がま
構
　
え
kanji "spear" radical at right
ほこ
戈
づくり
旁
kanji "spear" radical at right
か
戈
ge (ancient Chinese dagger-ax)
かん
干
か
戈
　
を
まじ
交
　
え
　
る
to open hostilities
どう
銅
か
戈
bronze dagger-ax
かん
干
か
戈
　
を
うご
動
　
か
　
す
to open hostilities
More Words...

References

Unicode hex code 6208
JIS X 0208 1-56-89
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1794
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2018
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3462
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4274
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 108
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 11530
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4n0.1
Four corner code 5300.0