There are various kinds of spears including Great Spear, whose ear tip (blade area) is long and Kamayari (spear with a sickle on both sides of the blade) whose root of the blade area is diverging, and Kamayari was further classified into Kata Kamayari (single-sided sickle spear) and Ryo Kamayari, which is often called Jumonji kamayari (a cross-shaped spear with a sickle on both sides of the blade), and other kinds of spears including Kudayari (tube spear), in which a mobile tube is attached to the tsuka (hilt) for easiness in sticking out, Hazuyari (a bow with a spearhead) in which a covering ear tip is applied to hazu (nock) of a Japanese bow, and Tetsukiyari (fishing spear), which has a short hilt.
穂（刃部）が長い大身槍、穂の根元が分岐している鎌槍（分岐の形状によって、片鎌槍や「十文字槍」と呼ばれる事の多い両鎌槍などに分類される）、柄に可動性の管を装着して突き出し易くした管槍、和弓の弭に被せ式の穂を装着した弭槍、柄が短い手突槍など、さまざまな種類がある。