漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
護: safeguard, protect
JLPT N120 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
- 言speech(meaning)
- 蒦(sound)
言 carries the meaning · 蒦 gives the sound
20 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ゴgo · on'yomi · in compounds
- 保護するほごするprotect
- 弁護するべんごするdefend
- 擁護するようごするsupport [v.t.]
- 看護するかんごするnurse [v.t.]
- 護衛するごえいするguard, escort [v.t.]
- 護身術ごしんじゅつart of self-defense
- 保護者ほごしゃprotector, guardian
- 弁護士べんごしlawyer, attorney
まもるmamoru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 護るまもるprotect
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)言 (meaning) + 蒦 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 護 (rev. 92355820), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side護 safeguard · 言
vs穫 harvest · 禾In ChineseSimplified 护 · traditional, as in Japanese · hù
Japan keeps the traditional form 護; mainland China simplifies it to 护.
- Simplified
- 护 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 護 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin hù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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