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護

hù

protect

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 蒦 represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

言  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

蒦 sound component

蒦  Sound component

huò

  

catch, get

Evolution

護 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
護 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
護 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
護 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
護 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

护 (護) 

hù

protect, guard, defend, shelter; to protect

Most common words with 護
Freq.
Word
Meaning

保护

to protect

维护

to defend

护

to protect

护士

nurse

辩护

to defend

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷˤak-s

huH

hù

protect


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 72.8336% of movies

399th most common character in movies

529th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

20

Simplified

护

Unicode

U+8B77

Shuowen

“護，救視也。从言，蒦聲。”


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