盾
escutcheon, pretext, shield
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
9 / 9
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:9
JLPT:1
Frequency:1476
Vocabulary
ジュン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矛盾 | ムジュン | contradiction; inconsistency |
| 自己矛盾 | ジコムジュン | self-contradiction; paradox; antinomy |
| 矛盾語法 | ムジュンゴホウ | oxymoron |
| 矛盾撞着 | ムジュンドウチャク | self-contradiction |
| 前後矛盾 | ゼンゴムジュン | self-contradiction; self-inconsistency |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 後ろ盾 | うしろだて | backing; support; backer; supporter; patron; sponsor; shield that protects one's back |
| 盾 | たて | shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for); justification |
| 盾突く | たてつく | to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist |
| 盾籠もる | たてこもる | to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up; to hold (a castle, etc.) |
| 盾座 | たてざ | Scutum (constellation); the Shield |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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