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守
JLPT N4 SL4 6 strokes Frequency: #1020

Meanings

protect, guard, obey, maintain, defend

Radicals

宀

Decomposition

⿱宀寸

Etymology

Ideographic: Keeping something 寸 within one's walls 宀

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left
2 dot right-to-left
3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
4 horizontal bottom-to-top
5 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
6 dot bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
シュ shu
ス su
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
まも mamo
かみ kami
もり mori