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JLPT N1 SL5 20 strokes Frequency: #351

Meanings

Safeguard, Protect

Radicals

言

Decomposition

⿰言蒦

Etymology

Pictophonetic: speech

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 20

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left
2 horizontal bottom-to-top
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
4 horizontal bottom-to-top
5 vertical bottom-to-top
6 corner bottom-to-top
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
8 horizontal right-to-left
9 vertical right-to-left
10 vertical right-to-left
11 diagonal right-to-left
12 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
13 diagonal right-to-left
14 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
15 vertical right-to-left
16 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
17 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
18 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
19 corner top-to-bottom
20 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ゴ go
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
まも mamo

Words Using This Kanji

417 words total
Other (20 words)
自然保護区 しぜんほごく

nature reserve

看護師長 かんごしちょう

head nurse

擁護者 ようごしゃ

advocate

安全保護 あんぜんほご

security

オゾン層保護法 オゾンそうほごほう

Ozone Layer Protection Act

介護予防 かいごよぼう

preventive care, esp. for senior citizens

西域都護府 せいいきとごふ

Protectorate General of the Western Regions (Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE)

北庭都護府 ほくていとごふ

Protectorate General of Beiting (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE)

都護府 とごふ

Protectorate General (Han and Tang-period Chinese office)

安南都護府 アンナンとごふ

Protectorate General of Annam (Han-period Chinese office established in Hanoi in 622 CE)

安東都護府 あんとうとごふ

Protectorate General to Pacify the East (Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE)

安西都護府 あんせいとごふ

Protectorate General to Pacify the West (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE)

都護 とご

Protector General (Tang-period Chinese official)

監護義務 かんごぎむ

custodial duties

介護保険法 かいごほけんほう

Long-Term Care Insurance Act

介護サービス かいごサービス

nursing-care service

鳥獣保護区 ちょうじゅうほごく

wildlife sanctuary

生物圏保護区 せいぶつけんほごく

biosphere reserve (UNESCO)

防護服 ぼうごふく

protective clothing

守護人 しゅごにん

guard

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