守 (shǒu)
to guard/to abide by
How 守 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Traditional
- 守
- Simplified
- 守 (unchanged)
Components
- 宀 roof
- 寸 thumb
Common words using 守
- 堅守 jiānshǒu
- to hold fast to; to stick to
- 守候 shǒuhòu
- to wait for; to expect; to keep watch
- 守護 shǒuhù
- to guard; to protect
- 保守 bǎoshǒu
- conservative; to guard; to keep
- 信守 xìnshǒu
- to abide by; to keep (promises etc)
- 固守 gùshǒu
- to strongly defend one's position; to be entrenched; to cling to
- 守住 shǒuzhu
- to hold on to; to defend; to keep
- 守信 shǒuxìn
- to keep promises
- 守則 shǒuzé
- rules; regulations
- 守夜 shǒuyè
- night vigil
- 守時 shǒushí
- punctual
- 守望 shǒuwàng
- to keep watch; on guard
守 in a sentence
大家都要遵守交通規則。
Dàjiā dōu yào zūnshǒu jiāotōng guīzé.
“Everyone must abide by traffic rules.”
How common is 守?
守 is the 794th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 85.2% of all running text.
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