# 守 U+5B88 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B88

A Chinese character meaning “defend, protect, guard, conserve”, read shǒu in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `守` |
| Codepoint | U+5B88 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B88 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `守` `守` |
| CSS | `\5B88` |
| JavaScript | `\u5B88` |
| UTF-8 | E5 AE 88 |
| UTF-16 | 5B88 |
| Definition | defend, protect, guard, conserve |
| Mandarin | shǒu |
| Cantonese | sau2 |
| Japanese | SHU SU MAMORU MORI MAMORI |
| Korean | SWU |

## Related characters

- 宇 [U+5B87 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B87](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B87)
- 安 [U+5B89 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B89](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B89)
- 宆 [U+5B86 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B86](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B86)
- 宊 [U+5B8A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B8A](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B8A)
- 宅 [U+5B85 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B85](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B85)
- 宋 [U+5B8B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B8B](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B8B)
- 宄 [U+5B84 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B84](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B84)
- 完 [U+5B8C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B8C](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B8C)
- 它 [U+5B83 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B83](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B83)
- 宍 [U+5B8D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B8D](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B8D)
- 宂 [U+5B82 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B82](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B82)
- 宎 [U+5B8E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B8E](https://unicodekit.com/char/5B8E)

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