Memory phrase for the Kanji: 守


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Meaning to guard, defend, protect, to observe (rules)

Pronunciation

shǒu

Explanation

Top: roof , below: skillful hand

Mnemonic


 
A roof or a skillful hand can guard.

Radicals

roof
skillful handImage of a hand forearm and pulse . It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".
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 Vocabulary

 保守  bǎo shǒu  (politically) conservative; to guard; to keep
 防守  fáng shǒu  defend; protect (against)
 遵守  zūn shǒu  to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)
 擅离职守  shàn lí zhí shǒu  AWOL (Absent Without Leave, military term)
 扼守  è shǒu  to hold a pass; to guard (a strategic location)
 恪守  kè shǒu  to scrupulously abide by
 恪守  kè shǒu  

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