Pictographic: A spear pointed up and to the rightRadical: 矛矛

meaning for máo:

  • - spear
  • - lance
  • - pikecontradiction
  • - Classifiers: 个
  • - conflicting views
  • - contradictoryspearhead
  • - barb
  • - an attack or criticismto contradict oneself
  • - self-contradictory
  • - inconsistentpike
  • - lance
  • - Classifiers: 把 contradictions between ourselves and the enemy
  • - Either you are for us or against us.