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
- —核保有量nuclear stockpile
- —原生保護wilderness preservation
- —債務保証loan guarantee
- —商標保護trademark protection
- —森林保護forest protection
- —保育施設child-rearing facility
- —保険制度insurance regime
- —保護政策protectionism
- —貿易保険trade insurance
- —預金保護bank deposit guarantee
- —預金保証bank deposit guarantee
- —留保利益retained earnings
- —旅行保険travel insurance
- —死亡保障death benefit (from life insurance)
- —保革伯仲conservatives and reformists being neck and neck; balanced conservative and progressive strengths
- —延長保育extended-hours childcare (in day-care centers for parents working into the night)
- —自己保全self-protection; self-preservation
- —明哲保身wisdom and self-protection; wise and skilled in the art of self-protection
- —核保有国nuclear power; nuclear state
- —保線要員railway (railroad) maintenance personnel