Memory phrase for the Kanji: 盾

盾

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Meaning shield, resist, disobey, defiantly, escutcheon

Pronunciation

JUN
tate

Explanation

Left: shield 厂, right: ten 十, eye 目

Mnemonic
 
A shield with 10 eyes as the symbol for: 'shield' and to resist.

Radicals

厂 cliffThe Radical gandare stands for cliff. Sometimes it is understood as a shield, like in 盾.
十 ten, 10Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.
目 eye
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 Vocabulary

盾 たて  shield, buckler, escutcheon, pretext
矛盾 むじゅん  contradiction, inconsistency

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