矛ほこ偏へん

noun

kanji 'spear' radical at left

Refers to the kanji radical 矛 when it appears on the left side of a character, as in 矜.

• 「矜きょう」という漢かん字じの左ひだり側がわの部ぶ分ぶんは矛ほこ偏へんと呼よばれています。

  The left-hand part of the kanji 矜 is called the 'spear' radical.