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
- —保菌carrying a disease-causing agent; carrying a pathogen
- —隣保neighbouring house; neighboring house; neighbors; neighbours
- —失保unemployment insurance
- —保無conservative without party affiliation
- —付保insurance
- —特保food for specified health uses (e.g. cholesterol reduction); designated health food
- —保湿moisturizing; maintenance of humidity
- —保安Hōan era (1120.4.10-1124.4.3)
- —品保quality assurance; QA
- —牙保brokerage; mediation; fencing (of stolen goods)
- —国保national health insurance
- —保体health and physical education
- —保父male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
- —保蔵storage; preservation
- —簡保postal life insurance
- —海保Japan Coast Guard; JCG
- —保活kindergarten hunting
- —保水water retention
- —保修maintenance
- —社保social insurance