Memory phrase for the character: 守

守

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Meaning

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

Pronunciation

 shǒu

Explanation

 Top: roof 宀, below: skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic
 
A roof or a skillful hand can guard.

Radicals

宀 roof
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. 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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