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
- —生損保life and non-life insurance; life insurance and non-life insurance companies
- —保革油leather-preserving oil; leather-preserving grease; dubbin
- —保証元warranty provider
- —保留地reservation (e.g. American Indian); set-aside area
- —保健士(male) public health nurse
- —健保連National Federation of Health Insurance Societies (abbr)
- —保環研Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science (usu. at prefectural or city level) (abbr)
- —医療保険medical-care insurance
- —機密保護security (e.g. data, password, etc.)
- —失業保険unemployment insurance
- —重複保険double insurance
- —傷害保険accident insurance
- —新規保管(file) save as
- —人身保護habeas corpus
- —全部保険full insurance
- —盗難保険insurance against theft
- —品質保証quality assurance; QA
- —保安要員mine guards (during a strike)
- —保管会社safety-deposit company
- —保険会社insurance company