守 — Chinese character

守

shǒu

to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait

Pinyin: shǒu
Radical: 40 ⼧ (Roof)
Strokes: 6
Components: 宀寸
Formation: ideographic — Keeping something 寸 within one's walls 宀
Japanese: 守 as a kanji

Common words with 守

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
遵守	zūn shǒu	to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)
保守	bǎo shǒu	conservative; to guard
守护 (守護)	shǒu hù	to guard; to protect
防守	fáng shǒu	to defend; to protect (against)
坚守 (堅守)	jiān shǒu	to hold fast to; to stick to
守卫 (守衛)	shǒu wèi	to guard; to defend
看守	kān shǒu	to guard; to watch over
留守	liú shǒu	to stay behind to take care of things
保守派	bǎo shǒu pài	conservative faction
驻守 (駐守)	zhù shǒu	(man a post and) defend
守法	shǒu fǎ	to abide by the law
守则 (守則)	shǒu zé	rules; regulations

English words written with 守

守 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 11 · Analects 5 · Art of War 13 · Mencius 22 · Zhuangzi 38 · Doctrine of the Mean 1

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.

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