Keyword
dagger-axe
Info
FrequencyUncommon
KankenLevel 1
Readings
(72%)
ほこ
(27%)
Composed of
shoot with a bow
slash left
Mnemonic

If someone is trying to shoot you with a bow then you can slash them to the left with your dagger-axe, a type of a halberd-like weapon used in ancient China.

Used in kanji (27 in total)
war
me (old fashioned)
how many
commandment
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
weapon; arms; (lit.) shield and spear; fighting; war
ge (ancient Chinese dagger-axe)
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
to open hostilities; to take up arms; to start a war
bronze dagger-axe
swords; arms; warfare
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
to open hostilities; to be at war
kanji "spear" radical at right
kanji "spear" radical at right