Kanji1 / 9
保 kanji
protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ホホウ
Kun readings
たもつ
Words with 保
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —保湿剤humectant; moisturizing agent
- —保存剤preservative
- —保管所storage center; deposit; depository; repository; warehouse
- —保護室holding cell; drunk tank; isolation room; quarantine room
- —保護犬dog held at an animal shelter or rescue centre; rescue dog
- —保健学health sciences
- —保証料guarantee fee
- —保存樹preserved tree; protected tree
- —保存庫storage; warehouse; depot
- —保温性ability to retain heat (of clothing, etc.); (degree of) thermal insulation; heat-insulating property
- —支保工(mine) timbering; support
- —保存的conservative (esp. medical treatment); preservative
- —保因者(hereditary) carrier; (asymptomatic) carrier
- —皆保険universal health insurance; universal healthcare
- —保存会preservation society; conservation society
- —保安員security guard; loss prevention officer
- —保存力conservative force; preservability
- —保育者childcare worker; nursery worker; caregiver
- —保障給guaranteed minimum wage
- —保護猫cat held at an animal shelter or rescue centre; rescue cat