《汉字解码学》96 "矛"是自商代就开始使用的一种长柄有刃之直剌兵器 96 "spear" is from the Shang Dynasty began to use a long-handled knife with straight assassination.

96  "矛"是自商代就开始使用的一种长柄有刃之直剌兵器.

矛   矛是象形字。象古兵器长矛之形。《说文》注：“酋矛也。建于兵车，长二丈。象形。”“古文矛从戈。”矛为一种长柄有刃之直剌兵器，有酋矛、夷矛之别。矛上装有尖锐之矛头，为进攻型兵器。盾为防御型兵器，矛与盾结合，合称矛盾，借指事物发展的对立统一。

矛 (名) spear

<维基百科>资料: 

矛是一种用于刺击的长柄武器，与铍（头端以茎接柄）、枪、槊是几乎相同的长柄兵器，但也有说法是矛与枪、铍有型制上的差异，例如矛与枪差异在头端样式，矛与铍差异在接柄的方式。

矛这个名称出现较早，自商代就开始使用，铍在东周出现，而枪、槊则到汉代才开始使用，隋唐之后矛多称为枪。中国的历史上以矛来称的长柄武器最长有到5.6米，以枪来称的长柄武器最常有作到8米的长度。^[1]

《周礼·考工记》上记载，给步兵使用的矛称作酋矛，给战车兵使用的矛称作夷矛。

96 "spear" is from the Shang Dynasty began to use a long-handled knife with straight assassination.
Spear is a pictograph. Like the shape of ancient weapons spear. "Shouwen" Note: "The chief spear is also built in the military car, long Erzhang. Pictograms." "Ancient spear from Ge." Spear is a long-handled straight assassination of weapons, spear, spear distinction. Spear with a sharp spear head, as offensive weapons. Shield for the defense of weapons, spear and shield combination, collectively referred to as contradictions, by means of the development of opposites of unity.
Spear

<Wikipedia> Information:
The spear is a long-handled weapon used for stabbing, and beryllium (head to stalk to handle), guns, lance is almost the same long-handled weapons, but there are claims that the spear and guns, , Such as the difference between spear and gun in the head-end pattern, spear versus beryllium difference in the way of picking.
Spear this name appeared earlier, since the Shang Dynasty began to use, beryllium appeared in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, while the gun, lance is to the Han Dynasty began to use, the Sui and Tang dynasties after the spear called gun. China's history to spear of long-handled weapons up to 5.6 meters to the gun to call the long-handled weapons most often to 8 meters in length. [1]
"Zhou Kao Gong Ji" recorded on the use of the spear for the infantry spear spear, to the chariot soldiers used spear spear.