盾
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
初文は盾の形を象る象形文字。「たて」を意味する漢語｛盾｝を表す字。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
shield, escutcheon, pretext
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ジュンJHS
- Kun (native)
- たてJHS
- Other languages
- 拼音dun4
- 拼音shun3
- 한글sun
- 한글don
- Hán-ViệtThuẫn
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 9 strokes
- Radical
- 目(め)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+76FE
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸𠂆𥃭
Words using this kanji
- 盾たて（たて）攻撃から体を守る防具。shield, buckler, escutcheon, pretext
- 盾状たてじょうshield shape
- 盾に取るたてにとるto use as a pretext, to use as an excuse, to use as grounds (for), to use to one's advantage
- 盾の両面を見よたてのりょうめんをみよlook at both sides of the thing
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
3-2-7- Four Corner
7226.4- Spahn–Hadamitzky
5c4.8- Heisig
- 1997
- Nelson
- 215