保

See also: 俣

§Translingual

Stroke order

§Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 亻 (“person”) + 呆 (“baby”) – a person (mother) protecting her child.

§Han character

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

1. protect, safeguard, defend, care

§Descendants

• ほ
• ホ

§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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§Cantonese

§Hanzi

保 (Jyutping bou2, Yale bou2)

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§Japanese

§Kanji

保

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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§Readings

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

§Compounds

保育 (ほいく, hoiku) 保険 (ほけん, hoken) 保健 (ほけん, hoken) 保護 (ほご, hogo)

保守 (ほしゅ, hoshu) 保障 (ほしょう, hoshō) 保証 (ほしょう, hoshō) 保身 (ほしん, hoshin)

保全 (ほぜん, hozen) 保存 (ほぞん, hozon) 保養 (ほよう, hoyō) 保有 (ほゆう, hoyū)

§Proper noun

保 (hiragana たもつ, romaji Tamotsu)

1. A male given name

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§Korean

§Hanja

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

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§Mandarin

§Hanzi

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

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§Compounds

• 保險
• 保護
• 保持

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

保 (bảo, bầu, bửu)

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§References

• Nom Foundation