Kanji
守
kanji character
guard
protect
defend
obey
守 kanji-守 guard, protect, defend, obey
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
Common Words
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守 director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryō system) -
守 備 defense, defence -
保 守 maintenance, conservatism, conservativeness... -
守 るto protect, to guard, to defend... -
守 護 るto protect, to guard, to defend... -
留 守 absence, being away from home, house-sitting... -
守 りprotection, defense, defence... - お
守 babysitting, babysitter, nanny... -
守 衛 (security) guard, caretaker, janitor... -
遵 守 observance (of laws, rules, etc.)... -
順 守 observance (of laws, rules, etc.)... -
循 守 observance (of laws, rules, etc.)... -
御 守 babysitting, babysitter, nanny... -
厳 守 strict observance, rigid adherence, scrupulous compliance -
攻 守 offense and defense, offence and defence, batting and fielding -
留 守 番 care-taking, house-sitting, house-watching... -
留 守 ばんcare-taking, house-sitting, house-watching... - お
守 りbabysitting, babysitter, nanny... -
御 守 りbabysitting, babysitter, nanny... -
見 守 るto watch over, to keep watch over, to keep an eye on... -
守 勢 (being on the) defensive -
保 守 党 Conservative Party -
好 守 good fielding -
看 守 prison guard, warder, jailer... -
守 護 protection, safeguard, shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor) -
死 守 defending to the last, desperate defence, stubborn defence -
堅 守 strong defense, strong defence -
保 守 的 conservative -
守 護 神 guardian deity -
鎮 守 local Shinto deity, tutelary god