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spear

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

mao2 máo

Meaning


Primary

spear

Alternatives

spears

Mnemonic


[m-] Mario is [2] inside the [-ao] barn. The cows, which have learned to walk, all stand up and start chasing him with 矛 spears. Mario throws fireballs at them and, as each fireball connects, each 矛 spear bursts into flames and disintegrates, leaving a molten spearhead.