守 Kanji for protect

N3–N2Grade 36 strokes

protect, guard, defend, obey

Kun: まも.る、まも.り、もり、-もり、かみ
On: シュ、ス

守 is the Japanese kanji for protect, guard, defend, obey. It is written with 6 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is まも.る、まも.り、もり and its on reading is シュ、ス.

Stroke order

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Words with 守

守まもるto protect, to guard, to defend
守まもりprotection, defense, defence
守もりbabysitting, babysitter
保ほ守しゅmaintenance
守しゅ備びdefense, defence
留る守すabsence, being away from home

Practice 守 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.