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Kanji for Shield
The kanji for “shield” is 盾, read jun and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
盾
shield
A shield that protects others.
9 strokes On reading ジュン (jun) Kun reading たて (tate) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: shield, escutcheon, pretext
Readings used for names on Nazuke: jun, tate
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