See also:
U+8B77, 護
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B77

[U+8B76]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8B78]

Translingual edit

Alternative forms edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 149, +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 )

Derived characters edit

Related characters edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɢʷraːɡs): semantic + phonetic ().

Etymology edit

Likely cognate with Tibetan འགོགས་པ ('gogs pa, to prevent; to avert; to repel) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation edit


Note: fu5 - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (23)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter huH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wu6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ huH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]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. *[t] 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
Reading # 1/1
No. 5576
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷraːɡs/

Definitions edit

  1. to protect; to safeguard; to defend; to shelter
    環境环境  ―  bǎo 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 edit

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

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. safeguard, protect

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Proper noun edit

(まもる) (Mamoru

  1. a male given name

Synonyms edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(ho) (hangeul )

protection, security

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: hộ

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