漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
保: protect, guarantee
Also: keep, preserve, sustain, support
JLPT N19 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
- 亻person(meaning)
- 呆(sound)
亻 carries the meaning · 呆 gives the sound
9 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ホho · on'yomi · in compounds
- 保険ほけんinsurance
- 保護者ほごしゃguardian
- 保育園ほいくえんnursery school
- 保証するほしょうするguarantee
- 保護するほごするshelter, protect
- 保有するほゆうするpossess
- 保存するほぞんするpreserve, store
- 保管するほかんするdeposit, store
たもつtamotsu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 保つたもつkeep, retain, maintain
Also read ホウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)人 person + 子 child
Source: Wiktionary, 保 (rev. 94507326), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side保 protect · 亻 + 呆
vs架 erect · 加 + 木In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bǎo
Same form: 保 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 保 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 保 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bǎo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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