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Translingual
Alternative forms
- In Taiwan and Hong Kong, the component above 蒦 is written with ⻀ (ram's horn component), which is the orthodox form found in the Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字 (Shuōwén Jiězì)) and Kangxi dictionary.
- In mainland China (based on Xin Zixing, 新字形), Japanese kanji, Korean hanja and Vietnamese Nôm, the component above 蒦 is written with 艹 (grass radical).
Han character
護 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+14 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 言+13 in mainland China and Japanese, 21 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 20 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜口廿人水 (YRTOE), four-corner 04647, composition ⿰訁蒦)
Derived characters
Related characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1184, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36038
- Dae Jaweon: page 1647, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4023, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8B77
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 檴
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*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ
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| 鱯
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*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷraːɡ
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| 護
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*ɢʷraːɡs
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| 頀
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*ɢʷraːɡs
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| 濩
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*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
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| 韄
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*ɢʷraːɡs
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| 鳠
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*ɢʷraːɡs
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| 擭
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*ɢʷaːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
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| 瓁
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*ŋɢʷaːɡ
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| 劐
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*qʰʷaːɡ
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| 穫
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*ɢʷaːɡ
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| 鑊
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*ɢʷaːɡ
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| 矆
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*qʰʷaɡ
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| 鸌
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*qʷaːɡ
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| 雘
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*qʷaːɡ
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| 蠖
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*qʷaːɡ
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| 臒
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*qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
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| 嬳
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*qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
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| 彠
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*qʷaɡ, *qʷraːɡ, *ɢʷraːɡ
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| 嚄
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*ɢʷraːɡ
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| 獲
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*ɢʷraːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷraːɡs) : semantic 言 + phonetic 蒦 ().
Etymology
Likely cognate with Tibetan འགོགས་པ ('gogs pa, “to prevent; to avert; to repel”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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護
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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hù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ huH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷˁak-s/
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| English
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protect
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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護
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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5576
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Phonetic
component
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蒦
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Rime
group
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暮
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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護
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷraːɡs/
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Definitions
護
- to protect; to safeguard; to defend; to shelter
- 保護環境／保护环境 ― bǎohù huánjìng ― to protect the environment
- to side with (someone); to take sides; to discriminate in favor of; to show prejudice (to a particular party)
Synonyms
- 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
- 保庇 (Hokkien)
- 保護／保护 (bǎohù)
- 保障 (bǎozhàng)
- 堅持／坚持 (jiānchí)
- 掩護／掩护 (yǎnhù)
- 維持／维持 (wéichí)
- 維護／维护 (wéihù)
- 蔽護／蔽护 (bìhù) (literary)
- (to side with): 偏袒 (piāntǎn)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
護
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- safeguard, protect
Readings
Compounds
Proper noun
護 • (Mamoru)
- a male given name
Synonyms
Korean
Hanja
護 • (ho) (hangeul 호)
protection, security
Vietnamese
Han character
護: Hán Nôm readings: hộ
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