shuriken

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shuriken

Etymology

From Japanese 手裏剣 (しゅりけん shuriken), from Middle Chinese 手 (ʃúw "hand") + 裏 (lí "inside") + 劍 (kjæ̀m "sword").

Pronunciation

enPR: sho͞or'ĭk-ən, IPA^(key): /ˈʃuː.ɹɪ.kən/, enPR: sho͝or'ĭk-ən, IPA^(key): /ˈʃʊə.ɹɪ.kən/
- (US, Canada, also) enPR: shûr'ĭk-ən, IPA^(key): /ˈʃɝ.ɪ.kən/
Rhymes: -uːɹɪkən, -ʊəɹɪkən, -ɜːɹɪkən

Noun

shuriken (plural shurikens or shuriken)

A dart or throwing blade, sometimes with multiple points, used as a weapon by ninja (or samurai).
Synonyms: ninja star, throwing star

Hyponym: shaken

Translations

a ninja weapon

Arabic: شُورِيكِن m (šūrīkin), شُورِيكِين m (šūrīkīn)
Armenian: սուրիկեն (suriken)
Bulgarian: шурике́н m (šurikén)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手裡劍／手里剑 (zh) (shǒulǐjiàn), 手裏劍／手里剑 (zh) (shǒulǐjiàn)
Esperanto: ŝurikeno
Finnish: shuriken, heittotähti
Hebrew: שוריקן (he) m (shuriken)
Hungarian: dobócsillag, suriken (hu)
Ido: shuriken
Indonesian: syuriken
Japanese: 手裏剣 (ja) (しゅりけん, shuriken)
Korean: 슈리켄 (syuriken), 수리검 (surigeom)
Marathi: शुरिकेन (śuriken)
Mongolian: шүрикен (šüriken)
Persian: شوریکن (šuriken)
Portuguese: shuriken m or f
Russian: сюрике́н (ru) m (sjurikén)
Swedish: kaststjärna c
Thai: ชูริเคน (chooríkayn), ดาวกระจาย
Vietnamese: phi tiêu, thủ lí kiếm

Japanese

Romanization

shuriken

Rōmaji transcription of しゅりけん

Portuguese

Noun

shuriken m or f (plural shurikens or shuriken)

shuriken (throwing blade with multiple points used by ninjas)

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