護

See also: 护

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷraːɡs): semantic 言 + phonetic 蒦

Han character

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

1. protect, guard, defend, shelter

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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Chinese

trad.		護
simp.		护

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hù (hu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): hō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: hù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
    • IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁶
    • Yale: wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /wuː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ho
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦuo^H/▼

Rime
Character	護
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡誤切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔH/
Li Rong	/ɣoH/
Wang Li	/ɣuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hù

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷraːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	護
Reading #	1/1
No.	5576
Phonetic component	蒦
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	護
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷraːɡs/

Definitions

護

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Compounds

• 護髮素／护发素 (hùfàsù)

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Japanese

Kanji

護

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: ご (go)
• Kan’on: こ (ko) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: まもる (mamoru)

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
• 護衛 (ごえい) ‎(goei)
• 護岸 (ごがん) ‎(gogan)
• 護憲 (ごけん) ‎(goken)
• 護持 (ごじ) ‎(goji)
• 護身 (ごしん) ‎(goshin)
• 護身術 (ごしんじゅつ) ‎(goshinjutsu)
• 護身符 (ごしんふ) ‎(goshinfu)
• 護送 (ごそう) ‎(gosō)
• 護符 (ごふ) ‎(gofu)
• 護法 (ごほう) ‎(gohō)
• 看護 (かんご) ‎(kango)
• 守護 (しゅご) ‎(shugo)
• 庇護 (ひご) ‎(higo)

Proper noun

護 ‎(hiragana まもる, romaji Mamoru)

1. A male given name

Synonyms

• 仗

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

護 (hộ)

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