Kanji N1

護: safeguard, protect

護 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning safeguard, protect, written with 20 strokes. It is read ゴ (on) and まもる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 保護 (ほご, protection) and 看護婦 (かんごふ, nurse).

護

Meanings

  • safeguard
  • protect
Strokes20
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#351 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ゴ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • まもる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 護

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 保護ほご

    protection; safeguard; guardianship; custody

    JLPT N1
  • 看護婦かんごふ

    (female) nurse

    JLPT N4
  • 介護かいご

    nursing; care; caregiving; caring

    JLPT N1
  • 看護かんご

    nursing; (army) nurse

    JLPT N1
  • 弁護べんご

    defense; defence; pleading; advocacy

    JLPT N1
  • 護衛ごえい

    guard; convoy; escort

    JLPT N1
  • 養護ようご

    nursing; (protective) care

    JLPT N1
  • 護謨ゴム

    gum; rubber

    JLPT N2

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.