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
- —保険薬medicine available under health insurance
- —保安上security-related; from the stand-point of safety
- —保安課safety division (e.g. of the police); security division; public peace department
- —保安庁National Security Board (1952-1954)
- —保育士nursery school teacher; childcare worker
- —保育室nursery school; day nursery; nursery room
- —保護帽hard hat; safety helmet
- —保水剤humectant; water retention agent
- —保冷車refrigerator truck; reefer truck
- —保有株stock holdings
- —保証状guarantee letter; letter of guarantee
- —保護法protection law; shield law; law for the protection of something
- —担保権security interest; security right; hypothec
- —保存版special issue (of magazine, etc.); timeless edition; collector's edition
- —保護膜protective coating; protective film; overcoat
- —保有熱potential heat; residual heat
- —保安部safety department; security department
- —警保局Home Ministry Police Affairs Bureau (1876-1947)
- —保留音hold music; music on hold; hold tone
- —幼保園combined day-care center and kindergarten