Kanji Details:
- 楯
- Frequency:0
- Kun: たて
- On: ジュン
- Meaning: shield, buckler, pretext
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 楯 たて shield, buckler, escutcheon, pretext 楯つく たてつく to oppose 後ろ楯 うしろだて backing, support, backer, supporter, patron, sponsor; shield that protects one's back 小楯 こだて small shield, screen 楯籠る たてこもる to barricade oneself in, to hold (a fort, etc.), to shut oneself up, to be besieged, to dig in 楯突く たてつく to oppose, to resist, to defy 醜の御楯 しこのみたて the humble shield of our Sovereign Lord 楯籠り たてこもり shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged 楯鱗 じゅんりん placoid scale