Where does “守る” come from?

守る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

守る (Japanese): to stand watch over something, to be on the...

Definitions

  1. to stand watch over something, to be on the...

Ancestry of “守る”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

Words derived from “守る”

Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →