护 — Chinese character
护
hù
to defend, to guard, to protect; shelter; endorse
- Pinyin
- hù
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 扌 户
- Formation
- ideographic — Guarding 扌 a home 户; 户 also provides the pronunciation
- Traditional
- 護
Common words with 护
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 保护 (保護) | bǎo hù | to protect; to defend |
| 维护 (維護) | wéi hù | to defend; to safeguard |
| 护士 (護士) | hù shi | nurse |
| 辩护 (辯護) | biàn hù | to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of |
| 护照 (護照) | hù zhào | passport; measure word: 本 (běn), 个 (gè) |
| 庇护 (庇護) | bì hù | to shelter; to protect; to provide refuge; (law) asylum |
| 守护 (守護) | shǒu hù | to guard; to protect |
| 拥护 (擁護) | yōng hù | to endorse; to support |
| 防护 (防護) | fáng hù | to defend; to protect |
| 护理 (護理) | hù lǐ | to nurse; to care for |
| 掩护 (掩護) | yǎn hù | to screen; to shield |
| 环境保护 (環境保護) | huán jìng bǎo hù | environmental protection |
English words written with 护
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.