Onyomi: シュ, ス · Kunyomi: -もり, かみ, まも.り, まも.る, もり · Meanings: defend, guard, obey, protect
Kanji for defend, guard, obey, protect
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守 is made from 宀, meaning “roof” or “house,” and 寸, meaning “hand” or “small measure.” The image is of a hand protecting something inside a home. From this idea, 守 came to mean to protect, guard, or keep safe.
守 shows a hand inside a roof, representing protection or guarding.
Picture a hand shielding everything inside a house. That act of guarding is 守.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 守り | まもり | protection, defense, defence | common Noun |
| 守り | もり | babysitting, babysitter | common Noun |
| 守 | かみ | director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryō system) | Noun |
| 守る | まもる | to protect, to guard, to defend | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb |
| 守衛 | しゅえい | (security) guard, caretaker, janitor, doorkeeper, gatekeeper | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 守備 | しゅび | defense, defence | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 守備隊 | しゅびたい | garrison | Noun |
| 守り抜く | まもりぬく | to hold fast, to protect to the end | Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb |
| 守備位置 | しゅびいち | fielding position | Noun |
| 守護 | しゅご | protection, safeguard | Noun, Suru verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |