to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining

= + : Sherlock Holmes just graduated from police school and stands guard in the outhouse. Still wearing his graduation cap and carrying a huge shield, he's protecting the outhouse's art. The visitors are a bit afraid of him, so he thumbs up to show them that there's no danger from him.

守 character breakdown

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀). Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to go to the anthill after her graduation from university. In the anthill's kitchen (an2), her friends snatch away her graduation cap (宀), and instead put a cooking top (冖) and a petal leaf (丶) on her head.
a unit of length / inch / thumb

= + + : Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".

Characters with 守 as component

variant of 酬[chou2]

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is rewarding (酬) the rooster (酉) by sitting on a red cotton tree (州) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) and singing a song.
to hunt / to go hunting (as winter sport in former times) / hunting dog / imperial tour

Words with 守

conservative / to guard / to keep
to abide by / to keep (promises etc)
conservative faction
to strictly maintain
conservative political parties
(of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things / to keep watch
to counter (a stroke in fencing)
conservative / to preserve the outmoded

Sentences with 守

守 currently does not appear in any sentence.