Chinese Character Wiki
盾

dùn

shield

Pictograph of a shield.

Evolution

盾 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
盾 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
盾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
盾 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
盾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

盾  

dùn

shield, shield-shaped object; currency sign for Dutch guilder; shield; (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)

Most common words with 盾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

矛盾

contradiction

盾

shield

盾牌

shield

后盾

support

自相矛盾

to contradict oneself

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

博 遁

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

循 遁

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lˤu[n]ʔ

dwonX

dùn

shield


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 9.6748% of movies

1954th most common character in movies

1395th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+76FE

Shuowen

“盾，瞂也，所以扞身蔽目。象形。”


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