EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 48
  1. Noun

    shield; buckler; escutcheon

    盾の両面を見よ。
    Look on both sides of the shield.
  2. pretext; excuse; grounds (for); justification

    see 盾に取る

Also written 楯【たて】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

shield, escutcheon, pretext

Kun
たて
On
ジュン
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1476 of 2500
Radical
eye
WaniKani
Level 48

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
3-2-7, 3-4-5SKIP code
5c4.8The Kanji Dictionary
7226.4Four corner code
2679deroo
76feUnicode hex code
1-29-66JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
215Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3912New Nelson (John Haig)
3006New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3729Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1907Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2590Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1853Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1997Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1640A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
984Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1814Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23171Morohashi
1375A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
772Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
786Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1559Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1286Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
956Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1381Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1870Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
dun4, shun3Pinyin reading
sun, donKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
48WaniKani level