矛 máo, a pictographic character of a spear, serves as both semantic and phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 矛 have to do with spears.
Characters formed by the phonetic component 矛
柔 róu
茅袤 máo mào
柔 again serves as a phonetic component to form characters 揉, 糅, 蹂, etc (with the same pronunciation róu)
Characters formed by the semantic component 矛
| 笔划 | 汉字 | 拼音 | 笔划 | 汉字 | 拼音 |
| 5 | 矛 | máo | 9 | 矜 | guān,jīn,qín |
| 10 | 矝 | jīn | 12 | 矟 | shuò |
| 12 | 矞 | yù | 13 | 矠 | zé |
| 25 | 矡 | jué |