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守
Meanings
Guard, Protect, Defend, Obey
Radicals
宀
寸
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)
ス
su
シュ
shu
Kun'yomi
(Japanese reading)
かみ
kami
まも
mamo
もり
mori