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

Related kanji

N3 害 gai harm, injury, tort N4 家 ka, ke / ie, ya, uchi house, home, family N1 宮 kyuu, guu, ku, kuu / miya Shinto shrine, constellations, palace N1 宰 sai superintend, manager, rule N1 宴 en / utage banquet, feast, party N1 宵 shou / yoi wee hours, evening, early night N3 寄 ki / yo.ru, -yo.ri, yo.seru draw near, stop in, bring near N3 宿 shuku / yado, yado.ru, yado.su inn, lodging, relay station N1 密 mitsu / hiso.ka secrecy, density (pop), minuteness

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

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.