Originally a pictograph of a shield. The current form depicts a person (人) holding a shield.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dwonX | lˤu[n]ʔ | shield |
說文解字
《說文》：“盾，瞂也，所以扞身蔽目。象形。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫劉志基《中國漢字文物大系》Vol. 4, p.74
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)