守 to keep watch, to guard, obey the rules, uphold the law, hold up high, protection, prevention, defend against attack 宀,寸,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

シュ　･　ス
SHU　･　SU

Kun-yomi

まも(る　･　まも(り　･　もり　･　～もり　･　かみ
ma　mo　ru　･　ma　mo　ri　･　mo　ri　･　～mo　ri　･　ka　mi

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

宀

ベン,メン,× surround from above, deliberately out-of-reach, at home, roofed area

　SURROUND, COVERED ALL SIDES from above (marker)
　

寸

スン,× squeezing grip, feeling the flow of fluids pumping, firmly holding above the elbow while measuring someone's throbbing heartbeat or pulse, ancient unit of measure (approximately an inch, 2.5 cm), careful hand

　ROD with STREAM and DRIP
　

Meanings of elements

SURROUND FROM ABOVE or DELIBERATELY OUT-OF-REACH, AT HOME with SQUEEZING GRIP, CAREFUL HAND ON PULSATING BLOOD, FEEL OF FLUIDS PUMPING

「Deliberately out-of-reach, at home under one's own roof」with「a squeezing grip, careful hands」meaning to PROTECT and DEFEND. Elements may describe something literally being held tightly and raised high above one's head, or held out of the reach of someone else attempting to grab it and take it away. Or something held carefully and placed out of reach of others for protection, or to prevent problems, defend the item.
「Deliberately out-of-reach」with「a squeezing grip, throbbing and pulsating」certainly can apply to keeping watch while holding one's own self up high during a selfie, and all the other given meanings as well: UPHOLD, OBEY the natural order of the Universe, the rule of one's own thumb, HOLD UP「at home with emphasis on rod streaming, throbbing pulsating in squeezing grip.」

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
Japanese EDRDG: guard, protect, defend, obey
Unihan extended: defend, protect, guard, conserve

Used within names (nanori)
う　･　し　･　も　･　て

Always keep in mind that these glyphs most likely were originally designed by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that), representing Chinese society many thousands of years ago, but intended NOT as a written or spoken language when created. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system! Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is, and often with multiple correct answers to each riddle, the same as is true today. Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? But, have there been necessary rewrites and altered explanations of the original elemental meanings over the centuries?

No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how seemingly bad our human existence is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or could they have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any lexicon. This site explains multiple meanings of glyphs ignored or censored by other sources, generally as being too embarrassing to admit today.