Kanji
盾
N1
9 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1476
shield, escutcheon, pretext
On'yomi (音読み)
ジュン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
たて
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
矛盾
むじゅん
contradiction; inconsistency
金盾
きんじゅん
Golden Shield Project; Chinese network-security project which operates the Great Firewall of China
矛盾性
むじゅんせい
contradiction; inconsistency
名辞矛盾
めいじむじゅん
contradiction in terms
無矛盾性
むむじゅんせい
consistency (of an axiomatic system)
矛盾律
むじゅんりつ
law of contradiction
矛盾原理
むじゅんげんり
principle of contradiction; law of contradiction
論理矛盾
ろんりむじゅん
logical inconsistency; logical contradiction
形容矛盾
けいようむじゅん
contradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)
相矛盾
あいむじゅん
mutually contradictory
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
盾
たて
shield; buckler
後ろ盾
うしろだて
backing; support
矢盾
やたて
wooden shield (used to defend against arrows); mantlet
盾に取る
たてにとる
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
円盾
まるたて
round shield; buckler
矢も盾もたまらず
やもたてもたまらず
unable to stay still; unable to contain one's feelings
盾状
たてじょう
shield shape
盾の両面を見よ
たてのりょうめんをみよ
look at both sides of the thing; look at both sides of the shield
矛盾データ
むじゅんデータ
inconsistent data
人間の盾
にんげんのたて
human shield
Example sentences
彼（かれ）の昨日（きのう）の発言（はつげん）は先週（せんしゅう）の発言（はつげん）と矛盾（むじゅん）していた。
What he said yesterday was not in accord with what he said last week.
彼（かれ）の行動（こうどう）は言（い）っている事（こと）と矛盾（むじゅん）する。
His behavior conflicts with what he says.