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
- —中保者mediator; intercessor
- —保存食preserved foods
- —保安官peace officer; sheriff
- —保育器incubator
- —保証書written guarantee; guarantee letter; warranty; warranty card
- —保線区section of track
- —保護林forest reserve or preserve
- —隣保館settlement house; neighborhood house; voluntarily run welfare facility
- —気保養diversion; change of pace
- —安保理UN Security Council
- —保育料fee for day-care
- —保健室infirmary (at a school, workplace, etc.); health center; nurse's office; nurse's room; sickroom; sick bay
- —保険屋insurance man
- —保護区sanctuary; reserve (for wild animals); nature preserve
- —保守派conservatives
- —保存料preservative
- —保佐人conservator; curator
- —保温材heat insulating material; lagging material
- —保湿液moisturizer; moisturizing lotion
- —保険業(the) insurance business