Kanji

守

Meaning

guard protect defend

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • まもる
  • まもり がたな sword for self-defense
  • まもり ふだ paper charm
  • まもり て guardian
  • こ もり うた lullaby
  • こ もり looking after a baby
  • もり やく nurse
  • さつまの かみ traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling)
  • でわの かみ director of Dewa province

On'yomi

  • しゅ び defense
  • ほ しゅ maintenance
  • しゅ えい (security) guard
  • る す absence
  • る す ばん care-taking
  • つう す one of the six administrators of a Zen temple

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/6

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Component Analysis

守
guard, protect, defend...
まも.る, まも.り, シュ
宀
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン, メン
冖
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ
寸
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little...
スン

Common Words

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