# 盾

| 盾 | U+76FE, &#30462; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76FE |
| ← 盽 [U+76FD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 盿 → [U+76FF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

盾 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹十月山 (HJBU), four-corner 7226$_4$, composition ⿸𠂆𥃭 or ⿸𣂑目)

#### Derived characters

* 循 楯

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 801, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23171
* Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2475, character 5
* Unihan data for U+76FE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 盾 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
| | 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 |
Pictogram (象形) — a shield (in the oracle bone script). Note that under the 𠂆 is not 直 - one less stroke here. See also 古, perhaps a differentiation of 盾.

### Etymology
#### “shield”

    Compare Burmese လွှား (hlwa:, “oblong shield”) (Starostin). It is unclear whether Chepang [script needed] (dhəl) is related (Schuessler, 2007). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### “dong”

    Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Chinese 銅 (MC duwng, “copper”).

#### “guilder; gulden; rupiah”

    Probably first referred to the two shilling coin, also known as the florin, which had four crowned cruciform shields with a rose in the centre. It was later used for the Dutch guilder, which replaced an older currency known as the florin. Since the guilder was used in Indonesia, when the rupiah replaced it, the Chinese name for the guilder continued to be used for the rupiah.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dùn, shǔn (dun$^4$, shun$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣˋ, ㄕㄨㄣˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): teon$^5$ / seon$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thún
    (Hailu, HRS): tun$^ˊ$
* Northern Min (KCR): dō̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): dōng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dong$^3$ / duong$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tún
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dung$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$den
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dùn
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dùn
*** Wade–Giles: tun$^4$
*** Yale: dwùn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duenn
*** Palladius: дунь (dunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯ən⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǔn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǔn
*** Wade–Giles: shun$^3$
*** Yale: shwǔn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoen
*** Palladius: шунь (šunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯ən²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: teon$^5$ / seon$^5$
*** Yale: téuhn / séuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: toen$^5$ / soen$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tên$^5$ / sên$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɵn¹³/, /sɵn¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thún
*** Hakka Romanization System: tun$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰun³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tun$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰun²⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dō̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔŋ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dōng
*** Sinological IPA : /touŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dong$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: deông
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: duong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tuoŋ³³²/
* Southern Min
** (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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dung$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: túng
*** Sinological IPA : /tuŋ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$den
*** MiniDict: den$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$den
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dən²³/
* Middle Chinese: zywinX, dwonX
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 |
| Baxter | zywinX | dwonX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʑiuɪn$^X$/ | /duən$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʑʷin$^X$/ | /duon$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʑjuen$^X$/ | /duən$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʑwin$^X$/ | /dwən$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ʑiuĕn$^X$/ | /duən$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡ʑĭuĕn$^X$/ | /duən$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡ʑʰi̯uĕn$^X$/ | /dʱuən$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shùn | dùn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seon$^6$ | deon$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤu[n]ʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'uːnʔ/, /*ɦljunʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 盾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dùn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dwon$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*lˁu[n]ʔ/ |
| English | shield |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
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
* (military) shield
* shield-shaped object
* (figurative) support; aid; assistance
* dong (Vietnamese currency)
* guilder; gulden (several currencies)
* rupiah (Indonesian currency)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 圓, 元 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 塊$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 塊$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 塊$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 塊$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 塊$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 塊$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 塊$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Shanglin (Sanli) | 塊$_1$ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 塊$_1$ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 塊$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀, 度嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 雞, 個, 銀, 雞嘢, 皮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 文 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蚊, 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蚊, 個 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 箍, 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蚊, 箍 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蚊 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 塊$_1$ |
| Gan | Lichuan | 塊$_1$ |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 塊$_1$ |
| Hakka | Meixian | 塊$_1$ |
| Hakka | Xingning | 吊 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 塊$_1$ |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 個 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 個 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 個 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 銀, 箍 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 塊$_1$, 蚊 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 箍 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 箍 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 箍 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 盾 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 箍 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 塊$_1$ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 塊$_1$ |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 塊$_2$ |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 塊$_2$ |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 塊$_2$ |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 塊$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 箍 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 銀, 箍, 個, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 銀, 個, 箍 dated, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 銀 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 個, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 箍, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 個 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 銀, 個 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 個銀, 銀 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 銀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 箍 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 個 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 個 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蚊 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蚊, 蚊雞 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Shanghai | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Suzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Danyang | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 個 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 塊$_1$ |
| Xiang | Changsha | 塊$_1$ |
| Xiang | Loudi | 塊$_1$ |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 塊$_1$ |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 塊$_1$ |

### Compounds

* U盾 (yōu-dùn)
* 以子之矛，攻子之盾
* 大相矛盾
* 後盾 / 后盾 (hòudùn)
* 潛盾工法 / 潜盾工法
* 盾柱 (dùnzhù)
* 盾牌 (dùnpái)
* 盾狀 / 盾状 (dùnzhuàng)
* 矛盾
* 矛盾律 (máodùnlǜ)
* 矛盾方程式
* 矛盾相向
* 磨盾之暇
* 自相矛盾 (zìxiāngmáodùn)
* 荷盾 (hédùn)
* 銀盾 / 银盾
* 階級矛盾 / 阶级矛盾

### References

* “盾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “盾”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 57.

## Japanese
### Alternative forms

* 楯

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* shield, escutcheon

#### Readings

* Go-on: じゅん (jun, Jōyō)、どん (don)
* Kan-on: しゅん (shun)、とん (ton)
* Kun: たて (tate, 盾, Jōyō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 盾
* たて Grade: S
* kun'yomi
The nominalized form of the verb 立てる (tateru, “stand”).

### Noun

盾(たて) • (tate)
* a weapon stood up or erected before one's body to block and protect from attacks; a shield

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 盾 (MC zywinX).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 쓘〯 (Yale: ssyǔn) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 슌〯 (sywǔn) (Yale: syǔn) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [sʰun]
* Phonetic hangul: [순]

### Hanja

Wikisource 盾 (eumhun 방패 순 (bangpae sun))
* hanja form of 순 (“shield”)

#### Compounds

* 모순 (矛盾, mosun)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

盾: Hán Nôm readings: thuẫn
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