EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler

    囚人は連行していた看守の手を振り切って脱走した。
    The prisoner broke away from the guards who were holding him.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Kun
み.る
On
カン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1060 of 2500
Radical
eye
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
3-4-5, 4-9-2SKIP code
5c4.4The Kanji Dictionary
2060.4Four corner code
2279deroo
770bUnicode hex code
1-20-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
222Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3919New Nelson (John Haig)
3220New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3992Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2051Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2771Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
638Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
688Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1015A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
998Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1057Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23196Morohashi
827A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1316Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1398Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
761Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
842henshall3
879Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1114Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1379Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
645Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
kan4, kan1Pinyin reading
ganKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

guard, protect, defend, obey

Kun
まも.るまも.りもり-もりかみ
On
シュ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
457 of 2500
Radical
roof
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-3SKIP code
3m3.2The Kanji Dictionary
3034.2Four corner code
748deroo
5b88Unicode hex code
1-28-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1282Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1310New Nelson (John Haig)
2173New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2697Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1375Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1861Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
186Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
198Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
564A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
284Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
352Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7071Morohashi
300A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
490Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
499Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421sakade
460Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
316henshall3
270Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
364crowley
537Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
466Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
189Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level