盾

shield; escutcheon; pretext

9 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1476.

Readings

• たて (kun reading): 盾 (たて) shield; 後ろ盾 (うしろだて) backing
• ジュン (on reading): 矛盾 (むじゅん) contradiction; 自己矛盾 (じこむじゅん) self-contradiction

Components

• 厂
• 十
• 目
• 十 radical ten
• 厂 radical cliff
• 斤 radical axe
• 目 radical eye

Kanji containing 盾

• 循 sequential
• 遁 flee
• 楯 shield

Words using 盾

• 盾 (たて) shield
• 後ろ盾 (うしろだて) backing
• 人間の盾 (にんげんのたて) human shield
• 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
• 矢も盾もたまらず (やもたてもたまらず) unable to stay still
• 矛盾 (むじゅん) contradiction
• 自己矛盾 (じこむじゅん) self-contradiction
• 矛盾語法 (むじゅんごほう) oxymoron
• 矛盾撞着 (むじゅんどうちゃく) self-contradiction
• 前後矛盾 (ぜんごむじゅん) self-contradiction

24 words in all.

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