Kanji meanings › Protector
Kanji for Protector
The kanji for “protector” is 守, read shu and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
protector
To guard and protect what matters to you.
6 strokes On reading シュ、ス (shu, su) Kun reading まもる、まもり、もり (mamoru, mamori, mori) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: guard, protect, defend, obey
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shu, su, mori
In Japan it appears in about 288 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 守: Genesis 慈英音信守 · Judith 寿千守 · Justine 寿守千 · Francoise 風藍寿央守
Thinking of a tattoo? A single kanji like these is meaningful on its own, but ask a native speaker to check the exact form and stroke order before you commit.
Put it in your name
Nazuke writes your first name in kanji, choosing characters for both sound and meaning.