字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE甲622 (商)
Oracle bone and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Bronze: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Human Body & People
戈
戈 spear, halberd, weapon
ほこ hoko
4 strokesRadical of 7 kanjiPart of 7
Your ink in 戈0% painted · 0 of 7 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
Pictogram (象形) ― an ancient weapon with a single blade. The vertical handle developed into the long upper-left to lower-right diagonal stroke.
Source: Wiktionary, 戈 (rev. 94513819), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Arm yourself! The long slanting stroke is the shaft, the short horizontal stroke is the blade, and the little dot is the tassel tied near the top. This radical brings the energy of soldiers, battle, and standing guard. When you see it, think of weapons, conflict, and the strength to defend what matters.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates weapons, war and fighting, guarding and defense, or the use of force.
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 戈, with sourced origins
一覧
Every kanji with 戈 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 7 kanji