The kanji 護: meaning, readings and stroke order

護

Meaning: protect
On reading: ゴ go
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 20
Radical: 言 speech
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bảo vệ, che chở (hộ)
Japanese: まもる。たすける。
Korean: 보호하다, 지키다 (호)
Chinese: 保护、守护 (护)

Readings, words and example sentences

ゴ go · on reading

保ほ護ご
protection
森の動物を 保ほ護ごします。
People protect the animals of the forest.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.