Kanji
N1 5 strokes Grade 8 freq #1538

halberd, arms, festival float

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

spear hoko

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

contradiction; inconsistency
contradiction; inconsistency
contradiction in terms
consistency (of an axiomatic system)
law of contradiction
principle of contradiction; law of contradiction
logical inconsistency; logical contradiction
contradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)
mutually contradictory
self-contradiction

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

point of a spear; spearhead
long-handled Chinese spear; lance
to fight; to cross swords
mace
parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
spear-shaped Japanese cedar
inconsistent data
Ama no Nuhoko; the heavenly jeweled spear used by Izanagi and Izanami
jeweled spear (jewelled)
bronze hoko; bronze halberd

Example sentences

What he said yesterday was not in accord with what he said last week.

His behavior conflicts with what he says.