矛头
máo toú · HSK 7
an attack or criticism
🗡️ 矛 = spear + 头 = head, so 矛头 = spear-head, the sharp point
Literally the spear's head. Figuratively the point aimed at a target, so it also means the brunt or direction of an attack or criticism, as in who the 矛头 is pointed toward.
头 — 页 (head/page) + 豆 (bean, phonetic)
The traditional form 頭 combines 頁 (xié), meaning 'head', with 豆 (dòu) as the phonetic component. 頁 itself originally depicted a person with an emphasized head. The simplified form 头 is a modern shorthand that replaces 豆+頁 with a simpler shape while keeping the same meaning of 'head' or 'top'.