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槊 (shuò) is a phono-semantic compound designating a long spear or lance used mainly by cavalry in ancient China. Its structure combines the bottom radical 木 (mù) 'wood', pointing to the shaft's material, with the phonetic component 朔 (shuò) above. Some historical texts record a variant using the bamboo radical, reflecting occasional bamboo shafts, but the standard form settled on wood. The character denotes a heavy polearm with a long blade, and it appears frequently in classical military writings and accounts of mounted combat.
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