保

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 Descendants 1.1.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

保 (radical 9 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口木 (ORD), four-corner 2629₄)

1. protect, safeguard, defend, care

[edit] Descendants

• ほ
• ホ

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 105, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 702
• Dae Jaweon: page 222, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 160, character 4
• Unihan data for U+4FDD

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

保 (Yale bou2)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

保 (grade 5 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: ほ (ho), ほう (hō)
• Kun: たもつ (tamotsu), やすんじる (yasunjiru)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

保 (hangeul 보, revised bo, McCune-Reischauer po)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

保 (pinyin bǎo (bao3), Wade-Giles pao³)

[edit] Compounds

• 保險
• 保護
• 保持

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

保 (bảo, bầu, bửu)