# 護 — Defend

Frequency rank 407 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 管 (Pipe), less common than 官 (Government).

- On’yomi: ご
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 言 Speech (Kangxi 149)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

Say on the left, with flowers, turkey, and stool on the right — you say a vow to defend the turkey sitting on a stool covered in flowers from all threats.

In words:

- 護衛 ごえい — guard;convoy;escort
- 養護 ようご — protection;nursing;protective care
- 介護 かいご — nursing

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