EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    support; help; backing

    彼を援護するのが義務だ。
    It is incumbent on us to support him.
  2. covering (from enemy attack); protection

Also written 掩護【えんご】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

abet, help, save

On
エン
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
312 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 22

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3c9.7The Kanji Dictionary
5204.7Four corner code
1367deroo
63f4Unicode hex code
1-17-71JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1961Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2230New Nelson (John Haig)
586New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
715Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
428Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
536Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1951Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2101Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
582A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1564Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12407XMorohashi
1026A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1088Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1139Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1372Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1539Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
354crowley
1270Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
912Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1970Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
22WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

safeguard, protect

Kun
まも.る
On
Strokes
20
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
351 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Used in names as

もり

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-7-13SKIP code
7a13.3The Kanji Dictionary
0464.7Four corner code
3067deroo
8b77Unicode hex code
1-24-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4447Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5715New Nelson (John Haig)
1648New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2079Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1088Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1481Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
700Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
756Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
653A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2877Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
796Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36038PMorohashi
670A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1312Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1391Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
604sakade
1772Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
696henshall3
825Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
474crowley
1115Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1713Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
707Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hu4Pinyin reading
hoKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level