Zi:守

守 [shǒu] guard/keep, watch/observe; ​保守 bǎoshǒu conservative; (HDZ:) … [shòu] ​诸​侯​为​天​子守​土; …

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►³shǒu ​守 {C} v. ①guard; defend ②keep watch ③observe; abide by ④be close to ‖ ∼zhe shuǐ de dìfang ∼着水的地方 places close to water

The Shuōwén Seal form of 守 shǒu ‘guard/watch (post/position)’ combines ​宀 (mián) ‘roof/house’ (as in ​官 ‘official’), and ​寸 (cùn) ‘measure/take the pulse’ (as in ​寺 ‘court/office/temple’, ​持 chí ‘hold/grasp’): a palace (​宫) official on duty, standing guard, keeping watch at his post, observant of the law; formerly also wr. ​㝊 (with ​又 yòu ‘strong right hand’), ​𡧕, ​𡬮, ​𡬴.
    Note: 守​法 ‘abide by the law’; ​奉​公守​法 ‘perform official duties, abide by (observe) the law’; ​墨守​礼​法 ‘stand on ceremony’; ​固守​成​法 ‘strict adherence to the law’.
    Compare: ​首(​𩠐​𦣻) shǒu ‘head’; ​手 shǒu ‘hand’; ​䭭 shǒu ‘eldest son’.
    Note: ​首, ​手, 守 shǒu ← MC /ɕjuʔ/ (SBGY); OC homophones (GSR), but cf. ​首, ​手 (Baxter).
    HDZ: 守 : shǒu : (SW: 守​官) ​官​吏​的​职​责, ​职守 (cf. ​官守); ​操守, ​节​操; ​掌​管; ​保守, ​保​持; ​遵守; ​保​护, ​防​卫; 守​候; ​收​捕; ​依​靠, ​依​傍; ​请​求; ​暂​时​代​理​职​务; (​天​文) ​某​一​星​辰​侵​入​别​的​星​辰​的​位​置; ​久; (​姓) • shòu : ​诸​侯​为​天​子守​土; ​戍守​的​士​兵; (​秦) (​官​名), (​汉) (​太守), (​后) …; ​州、​郡​地​方​政​府​所​在​地
    HDC: ​官守 : ​官​位​职守, ​官​吏​的​职​责; ​臣​下; ​官​吏
    HDC: ​職守 : ​职​责; ​工​作​岗​位
►references: Guǎngyùn:322.28,435.18; Karlgren:GSR1099a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.912.3; Lindqvist:273; Mathews:5844; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:282.05; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:035.1.05; EDOC:1
►components: ​宀​寸​
►Cantonese: sau/
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Unicode: U+5B88
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