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Kanji Detail for 盾 - "shield"

盾

  • Meaning

    盾 means "shield." Also associated with protection.

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

  • Words using 盾

    • 後ろ盾 うしろだて Listen backing; support; backer

  • Four-character idioms with 盾

    • 前後矛盾 ぜんごむじゅん Listen self-contradiction; self-inconsistency
    • 撞着矛盾 どうちゃくむじゅん Listen self-contradiction
    • 矛盾撞着 むじゅんどうちゃく Listen self-contradiction
    • 自己矛盾 じこむじゅん Listen self-contradiction; paradox; antinomy

  • Tattoo check: 盾

    • Verified meaning: shield
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じゅん, たて)
    • Also carries these associations: protection

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 盾

    Given names 盾(じゅん)Listen

    Surnames 盾(たて)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    jun(ジュン) ジュン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tate(たて) たて

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    目 罒 (me・mehen)

  • Related Keywords

    shield buckler defend guard protect barrier armor shelter pretext excuse contradiction

Sentences including 盾

  • His behavior conflicts with what he says.

  • He isn't consistent with himself.

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