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守
JLPT N3 SL3 6 strokes Frequency: #457

Meanings

Guard, Protect, Defend, Obey

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)
ス su
シュ shu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
かみ kami
まも mamo
もり mori

Words Using This Kanji

170 words total
Other (20 words)
鎮守 ちんじゅ

local Shinto deity

天守閣 てんしゅかく

castle tower

天守 てんしゅ

castle tower

渡し守 わたしもり

ferryman

保守系 ほしゅけい

conservative

保守主義 ほしゅしゅぎ

conservatism

保守 ほしゅ

maintenance

保守性 ほしゅせい

maintainability

保守党 ほしゅとう

Conservative Party

墨守 ぼくしゅ

adherence (to custom, tradition)

留守中 るすちゅう

during absence from home

留守電 るすでん

answering machine

留守居 るすい

house-sitting

留守番 るすばん

care-taking

留守 るす

absence

留守番電話 るすばんでんわ

answering machine

鎮守の杜 ちんじゅのもり

grove of the village shrine

死守 ししゅ

defending to the last

好守 こうしゅ

good fielding

看守者 かんしゅしゃ

jailer

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