shuriken

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: sho͞or'ĭk-ən, IPA^(key): /ˈʃuː.ɹɨ.kən/, enPR: sho͝or'ĭk-ən, IPA^(key): /ˈʃʊə.ɹɨ.kən/
  • enPR: shûr'ĭk-ən, IPA^(key): /ˈʃɝ.ɨ.kən/
• Rhymes: -uːɹɨkən, -ʊəɹɨkən, -ɜːɹɨkən

Noun

shuriken (plural shurikens or shuriken)

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

Synonyms

• throwing star, ninja star

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 (shǒulǐjiàn), 手裏劍／手里剑 (shǒulǐjiàn), 手里剑 (shǒulǐjiàn)

• Esperanto: ŝurikeno
• Hebrew: שוריקן (he) m (shuriken)
• Ido: shuriken
• Indonesian: syuriken
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 手裏剣 (ja) (しゅりけん, shuriken)
• Korean: 슈리켄 (syuriken)
• Marathi: शुरिकेन (śuriken)
• Mongolian: шүрикен (šüriken)
• Persian: شوریکن (šuriken)
• Portuguese: shuriken m or f
• Russian: сюрике́н (ru) m (sjurikén)
• Thai: ชูริเคน (chooríkayn)
• Vietnamese: phi tiêu, thủ lí kiếm

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Japanese

Romanization

shuriken

1. Rōmaji transcription of しゅりけん

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Portuguese

Noun

shuriken m or f (plural s or shuriken)

1. shuriken (throwing blade with multiple points used by ninjas)