Kanji 鉾 Words: Meanings and Readings

とかり

grip of a bow

ほこさき

force (of an argument)

やまぼこ

festival float mounted with a decorative halberd

かまぼこがた

semi-cylindrical

かまぼこへいしゃ

Quonset hut

かまぼこ

kamaboko

すじかまぼこ

gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)

かさぼこ

combined umbrella and halberd carried on floats in some festivals

どうほこ

bronze hoko

ほこだし

parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears

ほこすぎ

spear-shaped Japanese cedar

きほう

wooden stick

あげかまぼこ

deep-fried kamaboko

さちほこ

roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)

しゃちこばる

to stand on ceremony

さっちょこだち

handstand