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盾
盾
Translingual
Han character
盾 (radical 109 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹十月山 (HJBU), four-corner 72264, composition ⿸𠂆⿱十目)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 801, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23171
- Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2475, character 5
- Unihan data for U+76FE
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
盾 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (盾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 盾 | *l'uːnʔ, *ɦljunʔ |
| 遁 | *l'uːnʔ, *l'uːns |
| 循 | *ljun |
| 揗 | *ljun, *ɦljunʔ, *ɦljuns |
| 楯 | *ljun, *l̥ʰun, *ɦljunʔ |
| 輴 | *l̥ʰun |
| 腯 | *l'uːd |
| 鍎 | *l'uːd |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): teon5, seon5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tún
- Min Dong (BUC): dōng
- Min Nan (POJ): tún
- Wu (Wiktionary): den (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣˋ
- Wade-Giles: tun4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duenn
- IPA (key): /tu̯ən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˇ
- Wade-Giles: shun3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoen
- IPA (key): /ʂu̯ən²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: teon5, seon5
- Yale: téuhn, séuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: toen5, soen5
- IPA (key): /tʰɵn¹³/, /sɵn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tún
- Hakka Romanization System: dun`
- Hagfa Pinyim: dun3
- IPA: /tun³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dōng
- IPA (key): /touŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tún
- Tâi-lô: tún
- Phofsit Daibuun: duon
- IPA (Xiamen): /tun⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tun⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tun⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tun⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tun⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: den (T3)
- IPA (key): /d̻əɲ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 盾 | 盾 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 船 (27) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 諄 (47) | 魂 (55) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 食尹切 | 徒損切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʑiuɪnX/ | /duənX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʑʷinX/ | /duonX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʑjuenX/ | /duənX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʑwinX/ | /dwənX/ |
| Li Rong |
/d͡ʑiuĕnX/ | /duənX/ |
| Wang Li |
/d͡ʑĭuĕnX/ | /duənX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/d͡ʑʰi̯uĕnX/ | /dʱuənX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
shùn | dùn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 盾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
dùn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ dwonX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*lˤu[n]ʔ/ |
| English | shield |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 盾 | 盾 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 2623 | 2631 |
| Phonetic component |
盾 | 盾 |
| Rime group |
文 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
囤 | 盾 |
| Old Chinese |
/*l'uːnʔ/ | /*ɦljunʔ/ |
Definitions
盾
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
盾
Readings
- Goon: じゅん (jun), どん (don) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kan’on: しゅん (shun) (non-Jōyō reading), とん (ton) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kun: たて (tate)
Alternative forms
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 盾 |
|
たて Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
The nominalized form of the verb 立てる (tateru, “stand”).
Noun
- a weapon stood up or erected before one's body to block and protect from attacks; a shield
Korean
Hanja
盾 • (sun, don) (hangeul 순, 돈, McCune-Reischauer sun, ton, Yale swun, ton)
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Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: thuẫn
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