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U+8B77, 護
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B77

[U+8B76]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8B78]

Translingual

Alternative forms

Han character

(Kangxi radical 149, +14 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 言+13 in mainland China and Japanese, 21 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 20 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜口廿人水 (YRTOE), four-corner 04647, composition )

Derived characters

  • 𧅰

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1184, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36038
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1647, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4023, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8B77
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Chinese

More information trad., simp. ...

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 護, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷraːɡs): semantic + phonetic .

Etymology

Likely cognate with Tibetan འགོགས་པ ('gogs pa, to prevent; to avert; to repel) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • hou5 - literary;
  • ou5 - vernacular.

More information Rime, Character ...
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

  1. to protect; to safeguard; to defend; to shelter
    環境环境   bǎo huánjìng   to protect the environment
  2. to side with (someone); to take sides; to discriminate in favor of; to show prejudice (to a particular party)

Synonyms

  • (to protect):
  • (to side with): 偏袒 (piāntǎn)

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. safeguard, protect

Readings

  • Go-on: (go, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: (ko)
  • Kun: まもる (mamoru, 護る)
  • Nanori: もり (mori)

Compounds

Proper noun

(まもる) (Mamoru) 

  1. a male given name

Synonyms

Korean

Hanja

(ho) (hangeul )

protection, security

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: hộ

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