護

protect; safeguard

20 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 351.

Readings

• ゴ (on reading): 保護 (ほご) protection; 弁護士 (べんごし) lawyer
• まもる (kun reading)

Components

• 言
• 蒦
• 又 radical again; right hand
• ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
• 言 radical speech
• 隹 radical short-tailed bird

Words using 護

• 保護 (ほご) protection
• 弁護士 (べんごし) lawyer
• 護衛 (ごえい) guard
• 看護婦 (かんごふ) (female) nurse
• 守護 (しゅご) protection

450 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists