盾

音読おんよみ: ジュン

訓読くんよみ: たて

画数かくすう: 9

部首ぶしゅ: 目（め）

Meaning

Shield / Buckler / Escutcheon / Pretext

  • 盾たて — shield / buckler
  • 盾突たてつく — to resist / to oppose
  • 矛盾むじゅん — contradiction / inconsistency

A shield protects the eyes (目) and body from incoming attacks. Its shape recalls holding something up before your face — a simple but vivid image of defense.

剣

Think of 剣けん (sword) and 盾たて (shield) as natural opposites — one strikes, the other defends. Together, they capture the balance of attack and protection.

矛
Forms

矛盾むじゅん — contradiction / inconsistency (literally “spear and shield”)

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