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Kanji for Guardian
The kanji for “guardian” is 護, read go and written in 20 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
護
guardian
To guard and protect those you love.
20 strokes On reading ゴ (go) Kun reading まもる (mamoru) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: safeguard, protect
Readings used for names on Nazuke: go, mamo, mori
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