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守 — guard, protect, defend

まもる守 guard

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes law

U+5B88 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #457 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #198 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

guard
protect
defend
obey

word

まも mamo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

守(まも) mamoru to protect 守(まも) る mamoru to protect 見(み) 守(まも) る mimamoru to watch over 守(まも) れる mamoreru to be able to protect 守(まも) り mamori protection お守(まも) り omamori amulet

しゅ shu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

保(ほ) 守(しゅ) hoshu conservation 守(しゅ) 備(び) shubi defense 守(しゅ) 護(ご) shugo protection 遵(じゅん) 守(しゅ) junshu compliance

す su On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

留(る) 守(す) rusu absence 留(る) 守(す) 番(ばん) rusuban house-sitting

Stroke order

1
2
3
4
5
6

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

宀 roof

すん寸 inch #41

Used as component in (1)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.