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Kanji Detail for 盾 - "shield, defense, protection"

  • Meaning

    盾 means "shield, defense, protection."

    1. Shield - A weapon held before the eyes or face for protection.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    shield; escutcheon; pretext

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    shield, shield-shaped object; currency sign for Dutch guilder

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    shield; (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    shield; Dutch guilder

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A weapon. Anciently held during battle to defend against weapons. Colloquially called 藤牌 (rattan shield). | A personal name from Spring and Autumn period. Jin's Zhao Dun. | A Dutch currency name. Also used in Java and other places. Every hundred gulden equals about twenty-two English pounds.
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