Zi:守

From Wenlin Dictionaries

[shǒu] guard/keep, watch/observe; ​守 bǎoshǒu conservative; (HDZ:) … [shòu] ​守​; …

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

³shǒu {C} v.guard; defendkeep watchobserve; abide bybe close to∼zhe shuǐ de dìfang ∼着水的地方 places close to water

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 守 shǒu ‘guard/watch (post/position)’ combines ​ (mián) ‘roof/house’ (as in ​ ‘official’), and ​ (cùn) ‘measure/take the pulse’ (as in ​ ‘court/office/temple’, ​ chí ‘hold/grasp’): a palace (​) official on duty, standing guard, keeping watch at his post, observant of the law; formerly also wr. ​ (with ​ yòu ‘strong right hand’), ​𡧕, ​𡬮, ​𡬴.
    Note: 守​ ‘abide by the law’; ​守​ ‘perform official duties, abide by (observe) the law’; ​守​ ‘stand on ceremony’; ​守​ ‘strict adherence to the law’.
    Compare: ​(​𩠐𦣻) shǒu ‘head’; ​ shǒu ‘hand’; ​ shǒu ‘eldest son’.
    Note: ​, ​, 守 shǒu ← MC /ɕjuʔ/ (SBGY); OC homophones (GSR), but cf. ​, ​ (Baxter).
    HDZ: 守 : shǒu : (SW: 守​) ​, ​守 (cf. ​守); ​守, ​; ​; ​守, ​; ​守; ​, ​; 守​; ​; ​, ​; ​; ​; (​) ​; ​; (​) • shòu : ​守​; ​守​; (​) (​), (​) (​守), (​) …; ​、​
    HDC: ​守 : ​守, ​; ​; ​
    HDC: ​守 : ​; ​
►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
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