Kanji1 / 20
護 kanji
safeguard, protect
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 20
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ゴ
Kun readings
まもる
Words with 護
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —環境保護Popularenvironmental protection
- —人権擁護Popularprotection of human rights
- —加護divine protection
- —戒護safe custody
- —救護relief; aid
- —護持defend and maintain; support; protection
- —護身self-protection; self-defence
- —護符talisman; amulet; charm
- —護摩homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
- —守護protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
- —鎮護guarding; protecting
- —庇護patronage; protection
- —教護juvenile reform
- —監護custody and care
- —護法defence of Buddhist doctrines; god who defends Buddhist doctrines; defence of the constitution; religious power to dispel demons and diseases
- —都護Protector General (Tang-period Chinese official); travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara and Heian-period position)
- —観護watching over
- —冥護secret aid by the gods
- —女護mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women; women-only location
- —衛護guard; escort