盾 – shield, escutcheon, pretext

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1476 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 盾 means shield, escutcheon, pretext. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジュン (jun); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たて (tate). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 目 (no. 109).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジュン	jun
Kun’yomi	たて	tate

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 目 (Kangxi radical 109). Components: 斤・十・目・厂.

Words using 盾

盾たてshield矛盾むじゅんcontradiction

Example sentences

盾の両面を見よ。

Look on both sides of the shield.

Tatoeba #147583

それは矛盾だらけだ。

It's a bundle of contradictions.

Tatoeba #204823

Kanji with the same radical

相目県直真着督省看瞬眠眼眺睡盲瞳

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