護

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 言 + phonetic 蒦

[edit] Han character

護 (radical 149 言+14, 21 strokes, cangjie input 卜口廿人水 (YRTOE), four-corner 0464₇)

1. protect, guard, defend, shelter

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1184, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36038
• Dae Jaweon: page 1647, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4023, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8B77

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

護 (simplified 护, Yale wu6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

護 (grade 5 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: ご (go), こ (ko)
• Kun: まもる (mamoru)

[edit] Compounds

• 弁護士 (べんごし, bengoshi), “‘lawyer’”)
• 愛護 (あいご, aigo), “‘protection, kind treatment’”)
• 保護 (ほご, hogo), “‘protection’”)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

護 (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

護 (simplified 护, pinyin hù (hu4), Wade-Giles hu⁴)

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[edit] Middle Chinese

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護 (*hò)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

護 (hộ)