守
守 — guard, protect, defend
- JLPT
- JLPT N3
- Strokes
- 6
- Taught in
- School year 3
- Frequency
- #457 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
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- しゅ shu
- す su
- しゅ shu
- Kun'yomi
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- まも.る mamo.ru
- まも.り mamo.ri
- もり mori
- -もり -mori
- かみ kami
- まも.る mamo.ru
Words that use 守
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.