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自zì相xiāng矛máo盾dùn

  1. to contradict oneself; self-contradictory; inconsistent

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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自
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(bound form) self; oneself, from; since, naturally; as a matter of course

Pinyin
zì
Strokes
6
Frequency
1586 of 2500
Words starting with 自Words ending in 自Anywhere in a word
相
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

surname Xiang

Pinyin
Xiāng
Strokes
9
Frequency
5022 of 2500
Words starting with 相Words ending in 相Anywhere in a word
矛
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spear; lance; pike, CL:支[zhi1]

Pinyin
máo
Strokes
5
Frequency
26801 of 2500
Words starting with 矛Words ending in 矛Anywhere in a word
盾
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

shield (CL:面[mian4]), (currency) Vietnamese dong, currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)

Pinyin
dùn
Strokes
9
Frequency
1426 of 2500
Words starting with 盾Words ending in 盾Anywhere in a word