U+77DB "矛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
矛
U+77DB "矛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents a spear or a lance, serving as both a noun for the ancient weapon and a component in various compound words. In classical Chinese, it is famously associated with the paradox of the "spear and shield" from the Han Feizi, where a man claims his spear can pierce any shield and his shield can block any spear, illustrating a logical contradiction. This character also appears in modern usage to denote concepts related to conflict, criticism, or sharpness, and it is written with five strokes in the traditional CJK stroke order.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+77DB |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 矛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 矛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x9F 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x77DB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000077DB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u77db |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A5D9 |
| kCCCII | 214D7D |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4679 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4679 |
| kCangjie | NINH |
| kCantonese | maau4 |
| kCihaiT | 955.107 |
| kCowles | 2596 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1233.240 |
| kDefinition | spear, lance; Kangxi radical 110 |
| kEACC | 214D7D |
| kFanqie | 莫浮 |
| kFenn | 115E |
| kFennIndex | 331.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1722.2 |
| kGB0 | 3512 |
| kGB1 | 3512 |
| kGradeLevel | 5 |
| kGSR | 1109a |
| kHangul | 모:0N |
| kHanYu | 42764.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | máo(279) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42764.010:máo |
| kHDZRadBreak | ⽭[U+2F6D]:42764.010 |
| kHKGlyph | 2793 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1233.240 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42764.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0821.220 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-432C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A5D9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4C37 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DBB1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5943 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4679 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6057 |
| kJapanese | ム ボウ ほこ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:343 |
| kJapaneseKun | HOKO |
| kJapaneseOn | MU BOU |
| kJis0 | 4423 |
| kKangXi | 0821.220 |
| kKorean | MO |
| kLau | 2071 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4243 |
| kMandarin | máo |
| kMatthews | 4570 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1757 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ018387 |
| kMorohashi | 23846 |
| kNelson | 3164 |
| kPhonetic | 869 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3779+110.5.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 110.0 |
| kSBGY | 211.36 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 465.17 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | máo粵maau4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4243 |
| kTang | miou |
| kTGHZ2013 | 244.060:máo |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | mâu |
| kXerox | 261:374 |
| kXHC1983 | 0768.080:máo |