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possession of nuclear weapons
- —保安係store (house) detective; security (officer)
- —保護板protective plate
- —保険者insurer
- —超保守ultraconservatism; archconservatism
- —保守盤maintenance panel
- —保全性maintainability; integrity
- —保管庫safe; vault; storage cabinet
- —保健師public health nurse
- —保存先destination to save to; save location (for a file)
- —保健省Department of Health; Ministry of Health
- —保水力water retention potential; water-retaining capacity; water holding capacity
- —保磁力coercivity; coercive force
- —根保証basic guarantee; initial guarantee; revolving guarantee; revolving credit agreement
- —佐保姫Saohime; goddess of Spring
- —佐保神Saohime; goddess of Spring
- —保冷剤refrigerant; thermal gel; ice pack; cold pack
- —保安院Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency; NISA
- —私保険private insurance
- —公保険public insurance