shuriken

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/ˈʃuː.ɹɪ.kən//ˈʃʊə.ɹɪ.kən/Canada, US, also/ˈʃɝ.ɪ.kən/

noun

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

Similar
ninja starthrowing star
OriginJapanese 手裏剣 →
UncommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

nounshuriken (plural shurikens or shuriken)

plural shurikens

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

    Synonyms: ninja star, throwing star

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
ninja starthrowing star
Also see
ninja starthrowing star

Origin

  1. Japanese手裏剣
  2. Englishshuriken

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

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Translations

Arabic شُورِيكِن, شُورِيكِين
  • شُورِيكِن (šūrīkin)a ninja weapon
  • شُورِيكِين (šūrīkīn)a ninja weapon
Bengali শুরিকেন
  • শুরিকেন (śuriken)a ninja weapon
Bulgarian шурике́н
  • шурике́н (šurikén)a ninja weapon
Chinese Mandarin 手裡劍 /手里剑, 手裏劍 /手里剑
  • 手裡劍 /手里剑 (shǒulǐjiàn)a ninja weapon
  • 手裏劍 /手里剑 (shǒulǐjiàn)a ninja weapon
Esperanto ŝurikeno
  • ŝurikenoa ninja weapon
Finnish shuriken, heittotähti
  • shurikena ninja weapon
  • heittotähtia ninja weapon
Hebrew שוריקן
  • שוריקן (shuriken)a ninja weapon
Hungarian dobócsillag, suriken
  • dobócsillaga ninja weapon
  • surikena ninja weapon
Indonesian syuriken
  • syurikena ninja weapon
Japanese 手裏剣
  • 手裏剣 (shuriken)a ninja weapon
Korean 슈리켄, 수리검
  • 슈리켄 (syuriken)a ninja weapon
  • 수리검 (surigeom)a ninja weapon
Persian شوریکن
  • شوریکن (šuriken)a ninja weapon
Portuguese shuriken
  • shurikena ninja weapon
Russian сюрике́н
  • сюрике́н (sjurikén)a ninja weapon
Swedish kaststjärna
  • kaststjärnaa ninja weapon
Thai ชูริเคน, ดาวกระจาย
  • ชูริเคน (chooríkayn)a ninja weapon
  • ดาวกระจายa ninja weapon
Vietnamese phi tiêu, thủ lí kiếm
  • phi tiêua ninja weapon
  • thủ lí kiếma ninja weapon
Cite this entry
APA

shuriken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shuriken

MLA

“shuriken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shuriken. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shuriken,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shuriken.

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