shuriken

English

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

Noun

shuriken (plural shurikens or shuriken)

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, 手裏劍, 手里剑 (shǒulǐjiàn)
Hebrew: שוריקן‎ (he) m (shuriken)
Ido: shuriken
Indonesian: syuriken
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

Japanese

Romanization

shuriken

Rōmaji transcription of しゅりけん

Portuguese

Noun

shuriken m or f (in variation) (plural shurikens or shuriken)

shuriken (throwing blade with multiple points used by ninjas)

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