Kanji

Level: N3 Strokes: 6

守

Meaning in English

guard, protect, defend

Readings

Onyomi: シュ, ス Kunyomi: まも.る, まも.り, もり, -もり, かみ Romaji: shu, su / mamo.ru, mamo.ri, mori, -mori, kami

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守

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese guardar, proteger, defender

Spanish proteger, resguardar, defender

Korean 지키다, 보호하다, 방어하다

French garder, protéger, défendre

Italian guardia, proteggere, difendere

German bewachen, schützen, verteidigen

Indonesian menjaga, melindungi, membela

★ Vietnamese canh gác, bảo vệ, phòng thủ

Thai เฝ้ารักษา ปกป้อง ป้องกัน

Kanji

Related kanji

N1 寂 jaku, seki / sabi, sabi.shii, sabi.reru, sami.shii loneliness, quietly, mellow N1 寅 in / tora sign of the tiger, 3-5AM, third sign of Chinese zodiac N3 富 fu, fuu / to.mu, tomi wealth, enrich, abundant N3 寒 kan / samu.i cold, froid (temps), frío N3 寝 shin / ne.ru, ne.kasu, i.nu, mitamaya, ya.meru lie down, sleep, rest N1 寛 kan / kutsuro.gu, hiro.i, yuru.yaka tolerant, leniency, generosity N3 察 satsu guess, presume, surmise N1 寧 nei / mushi.ro rather, preferably, peaceful N1 寡 ka widow, minority, few

Word

Words with this kanji

N1 守備 shubi defense N1 守衛 shuei security guard, doorkeeper N1 保守 hoshu conservative, maintaining N2 留守番 rusuban care-taking, caretaker, house-watching N3 守る mamoru protect, defend, keep a rule N4 留守 rusu absence, not at home

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N3 約束を守らないのは無責任というものだ Yakusoku o mamoranai no wa musekinin to iu mono da Not keeping promises is irresponsible N5 大事な約束を守ります。 Daiji na yakusoku o mamorimasu. I keep important promises.