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
- —保衛defense; defence; protection; safeguard
- —保秘keeping (something) secret
- —幼保kindergartens and day-care centers
- —保定restraining (an animal during medical treatment); retaining teeth in position (after an orthodontic procedure)
- —過保護overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
- —再保険reinsurance
- —保安林forest reserve
- —保管金money on deposit
- —保管証certificate of custody
- —保管人custodian; trustee
- —保管物goods in custody; property in trust
- —保管料custody fee; storage charge
- —保管林managed forest
- —保菌者carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
- —保健医school nurse
- —保険医doctor who accepts patients covered by health insurance; doctor commissioned to examine an applicant for life insurance
- —保険証insurance card
- —保険料insurance premium
- —保護金subsidy
- —保護国protectorate