保
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Han character[edit]
保 (radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口木 (ORD), four-corner 26294, composition ⿰亻呆)
Derived characters[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 105, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 702
- Dae Jaweon: page 222, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 160, character 4
- Unihan data for U+4FDD
Chinese[edit]
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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In the oracle script, this character was an ideogrammic compound (會意): 人 (“person”) + 子 (“child”) – a person carrying a child on the back; to carry (a child) > to protect.
In early bronze inscriptions, 爪 (“hand”) was added to the person to emphasize that the person was carrying the child. This was later simplified into one or two strokes. The current form has two.
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
保
- to raise; to rear
- to keep; to maintain
- to protect; to safeguard; to defend
- to ensure; to guarantee
- guarantor
- Short for 保釋／保释 (bǎoshì, “to bail”).
- (historical) bao (a unit of the ancient administrative system, consisting of some 100 households)
- A surname
Synonyms[edit]
- (to raise):
Synonyms of 保
- (to keep):
- (to protect):
- (to ensure):
Synonyms of 保
- (guarantor):
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 保
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
保
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: ほう (hō)
- Kan-on: ほう (hō)
- Kan’yō-on: ほ (ho, Jōyō)
- Kun: たもつ (tamotsu, 保つ, Jōyō); やすんじる (yasunjiru, 保んじる)
Compounds[edit]
Compounds
Proper noun[edit]
- A male given name
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
Compounds[edit]
- 보호 (保護, boho, “protection”)
- 보수 (保守, bosu, “maintenance; conservation; political conservatism”)
- 보험 (保險, boheom, “insurance”)
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
保: Hán Nôm readings: bảo, bầu, bửu
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References[edit]
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