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<WL>矛 [máo] (兵器名) lance/spear; 矛盾 contradiction; (radical 110, 矛部)@@; (HDZ:) (兵器名) 一种置刺兵器 (长柄, 有刃); (星名) 天矛: 招摇; (虫名); (姓) | <WL>矛 [máo] (兵器名) lance/spear; 矛盾 contradiction; (radical 110, 矛部)@@; (HDZ:) (兵器名) 一种置刺兵器 (长柄, 有刃); (星名) 天矛: 招摇; (虫名); (姓) | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 矛() máo ‘a short-handled | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 矛() máo ‘a short-handled spear/lance’ (酋矛, 夷矛) is said to depict an anc. kind of spear/lance (some 3-4 meters long, or shorter) with a short handle and double-edged bronze/iron spearhead (installed on a war chariot); formerly wr. 𢧟(), in which 戈() gē ‘halberd/lance-axe’ is a component (see below); the main Seal form 矛() resembles 戈() below, but the two weapons differ significantly. |
| + | Note: The length of 酋矛 is said to have been 二丈 ~3-4 meters (SW); for 夷矛 the length was twice that, 四尺 ~1 meter (DYC). | ||
| + | Older graphs associated with 矛 seem to depict a sword-like weapon with curved knuckle-guard and quillon protecting the hand; the shaft/point is pointing downward, and the handle is above; in the old SW form 𢧟() the inner component suggests that this spear had multiple curved knuckle-guards, protecting both hands and preventing the (bloody) spear from slipping out of the hand/hands when pulled from/by the opponent/victim, as would be esp. useful in chariot warfare to minimize the chances of dropping the spear from the moving chariot in the heat of battle. | ||
Compare: 务/務() wù ‘busy/concentrate with/on, make concerted effort to do sth.’, formerly wr. 敄(). | Compare: 务/務() wù ‘busy/concentrate with/on, make concerted effort to do sth.’, formerly wr. 敄(). | ||
Compare: 予() yǔ ‘give’, 子(𠯃) zǐ ‘child’. | Compare: 予() yǔ ‘give’, 子(𠯃) zǐ ‘child’. | ||
| + | HDC: 酋矛 : (古兵器名) 一种短柄的矛 | ||
| + | HDC: 夷矛 : (古兵器名) 车战和守城用的一种长矛 | ||
#rG.211.36 W.95c K.AD603,GSR1109a D.4.2764.1 M.4570 KX..821.22 B.021.1.04 WHY...148 | #rG.211.36 W.95c K.AD603,GSR1109a D.4.2764.1 M.4570 KX..821.22 B.021.1.04 WHY...148 | ||
| − | # | + | #c予丿龴才戈 |
#y maauh\ | #y maauh\ | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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