halberd, arms, festival float
矛 centers on a long pole weapon with a blade: a halberd or pike. The arms sense extends from the weapon itself, and the festival float meaning likely comes from the use of such weapons as decorative or symbolic objects in processions.
矛 is a pictograph of a halberd or spear with a long shaft and a blade. The modern form retains the basic weapon shape with a top horizontal stroke representing the blade and the lower part the shaft.
The top horizontal stroke is the blade, and the curved vertical stroke with a hook is the long shaft. Picture a warrior holding this halberd upright.
For ム, imagine a moose charging with a halberd: moose -> ム, and the moose's antlers look like the weapon's blade.
contradiction; inconsistency
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; pike
point of a spear; spearhead
self-contradiction; self-inconsistency
contradiction in terms
Ama no Nuhoko; the heavenly jeweled spear used by Izanagi and Izanami
contradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)
self-contradiction
consistency (of an axiomatic system)
jeweled spear (jewelled)
mutually contradictory
to fight; to cross swords; to engage in battle; to cross spears
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
kanji "spear" radical at left
parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
spear-shaped Japanese cedar
inconsistent data
principle of contradiction; law of contradiction
law of contradiction
contradiction; inconsistency