盾

shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)

盾 = ⺁ + 十 + 目 : Doggy Dog (du) urgently has to visit the bathroom so he storms into the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) to pee on the banana tree (⺁), but the eye of providence (目) is determined to protect the tree standing guard armed with a cross (十) and protected by a shield (盾). The eye of providence is so determined to stop Doggy Dog because it'll have to clean the bathroom later.

盾 character breakdown

盾
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 目
  - 二
    - 一
  - 囗
- ⺁
  - 丿

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

目

mù = mu + Ø4

eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title

目 = 囗 + 二 : Mnemonic symbol: the Eye of Providence (目).

Malte Monkey (mu-) is unpacking an enclosure (囗) full of capacitors (二). He's afraid that the Eye of Providence (目) will see him, so he does it secretly in the space station's bathroom (-Ø4).

⺁

Character component without intrinsic meaning

⺁ = 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: two and more bananas (丿) are part of a larger banana tree (⺁).

Characters with 盾 as component

循

xún = xu + (e)n2

to follow / to adhere to / to abide by

循 = 彳 + 盾 : Xu Xian (xu) is following (循) his hero into the encampment. In the kitchen ((e)n2) he is walking a path made out of shields (盾) wearing black sneakers (彳).

遁

遯

dùn = du + (e)n4

variant of 遁[dun4]

遁

dùn = du + (e)n4

to evade / to flee / to escape

楯

shǔn = shu + (e)n3

draw forth / horizontal railing

偱

xún = xu + (e)n2

to tell

揗

shǔn = shu + (e)n3

strike, hit with hand / tap

腯

tú = tu + Ø2

fat (of pigs)

輴

chu̅n = chu + (e)n1

hearse

Words with 盾

后

後

hòu

盾

dùn

support / backing

人

rén

民

mín

内

內

nèi

部

bù

矛

máo

盾

dùn

internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)

以

yǐ

子

zǐ

之

zhi̅

矛

máo

，

攻

go̅ng

子

zǐ

之

zhi̅

盾

dùn

lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard

内

內

nèi

部

bù

矛

máo

盾

dùn

internal contradiction

印

yìn