護

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See also: 护
護 U+8B77, 護
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B77
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 譸 →

Translingual

Alternative forms

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

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

trad. 護
simp. 护

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (蒦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
檴 *ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ
鱯 *ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷraːɡ
護 *ɢʷraːɡs
頀 *ɢʷraːɡs
濩 *ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
韄 *ɢʷraːɡs
鳠 *ɢʷraːɡs
擭 *ɢʷaːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
瓁 *ŋɢʷaːɡ
劐 *qʰʷaːɡ
穫 *ɢʷaːɡ
鑊 *ɢʷaːɡ
矆 *qʰʷaɡ
鸌 *qʷaːɡ
雘 *qʷaːɡ
蠖 *qʷaːɡ
臒 *qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
嬳 *qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
彠 *qʷaɡ, *qʷraːɡ, *ɢʷraːɡ
嚄 *ɢʷraːɡ
獲 *ɢʷraːɡ

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

Note: fu5 - vernacular.
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
Baxter huH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦuoH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦuoH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣoH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦɔH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣoH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wu6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 護
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ huH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷˁak-s/
English protect

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.
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

  1. to protect; to safeguard; to defend; to shelter
    保護環境／保护环境  ―  bǎohù huánjìng  ―  to protect the environment
  2. to side with (someone); to take sides; to discriminate in favor of; to show prejudice (to a particular party)

Synonyms

  • (to protect):
  • (to side with): 偏袒 (piāntǎn)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

護

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. safeguard, protect

Readings

  • Go-on: ご (go, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: こ (ko)
  • Kun: まもる (mamoru, 護る)
  • Nanori: もり (mori)

Compounds

Proper noun

護(まもる) • (Mamoru) 

  1. 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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