The kanji 盾: meaning, readings and stroke order

盾

Meaning: shield
On reading: ジュン jun
Kun reading: たて tate
Strokes: 9
Radical: 目 eye
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cái khiên (thuẫn)
Japanese: たて。みをまもるどうぐ。
Korean: 방패 (순)
Chinese: 盾牌

Readings, words and example sentences

ジュン jun · on reading · less common

矛む盾じゅん
contradiction
話に 矛む盾じゅんがあります。
There is a contradiction in the story.

たて tate · kun reading

盾たて
shield
むかしの兵は 盾たてを持ちました。
Soldiers long ago carried shields.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.