守
guard; protect; defend; obey
6 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 457.
Readings
- シュ (on reading): 守備 (しゅび) defense; 守護 (しゅご) protection
- まもる (kun reading): 守る (まもる) to protect; 見守る (みまもる) to watch over
- ス (on reading): 留守 (るす) absence; 留守番 (るすばん) care-taking
- まもり (kun reading): 守り (まもり) protection; お守り (おまもり) charm
- かみ (kun reading): 守 (かみ) director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryō system); 肥後守 (ひごのかみ) higonokami
- もり (kun reading): 子守唄 (こもりうた) lullaby; 子守 (こもり) looking after a baby
Components
Kanji containing 守
- 狩 hunt
Words using 守
- 守備 (しゅび) defense
- 守護 (しゅご) protection
- 保守党 (ほしゅとう) Conservative Party
- 保守 (ほしゅ) maintenance
- 守備隊 (しゅびたい) garrison
- 守る (まもる) to protect
- 見守る (みまもる) to watch over
- 守札 (まもりふだ) paper charm
- 助け守る (たすけまもる) to protect
- 身を守る (みをまもる) to defend oneself
- 留守 (るす) absence
- 留守番 (るすばん) care-taking
- 留守番電話 (るすばんでんわ) answering machine
- 留守録 (るすろく) unattended (video, audio) recording
- 留守電 (るすでん) answering machine
- 守り (まもり) protection
- お守り (おまもり) charm
- 守り神 (まもりがみ) guardian deity
- 守り手 (まもりて) guardian
- 守り刀 (まもりがたな) sword for self-defense
- 守 (かみ) director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryō system)
- 肥後守 (ひごのかみ) higonokami
- 薩摩の守 (さつまのかみ) traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling)
- 出羽守 (でわのかみ) director of Dewa province
- 子守唄 (こもりうた) lullaby
- 子守 (こもり) looking after a baby
- 山守 (やまもり) ranger (forest)
- 灯台守 (とうだいもり) lighthouse keeper
- 墓守 (はかもり) grave maintenance
173 words in all.