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Kanji Information Sheet for 保 ( 
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| English: protect guarantee keep preserve sustain support | On-Yomi: ホ ホウ | Kun-Yomi: たも.つ う お ぶ もり やす やすし |
Bushu (Radical) Info:
人 (ひと) – person
化 (カ, ケ, ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する) – change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
个 (カ , コ, こ, ひ) – counter for articles; individual
人 (ひと) – person
化 (カ, ケ, ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する) – change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
个 (カ , コ, こ, ひ) – counter for articles; individual
Henshall Mnemonic: person preserved in wooden box
Levels: JLPT N1 | JLPT 1 (old) | Grade 5
Frequency: #146 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #146 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
- 保証 [ほしょう]
(n,vs) guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保存 [ほぞん]
(n,vs) preservation; conservation; storage; maintenance [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
- 保険 [ほけん]
(n) insurance; guarantee [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保護 [ほご]
(n) care; protection; shelter; guardianship; favor; patronage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保守 [ほしゅ]
(n) conservative; maintaining [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保障 [ほしょう]
(n,vs) guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保母 [ほぼ]
(n) day-care worker in a kindergarten, nursery school, etc. [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保養 [ほよう]
(n) health preservation; recuperation; recreation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 確保 [かくほ]
(n,vs) guarantee; ensure; maintain; insure; secure [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保つ [たもつ]
(v5t) to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to support; to sustain; to last; to endure; to keep well (food); to wear well; to be durable [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保育 [ほいく]
(n,vs) nursing; nurturing; rearing; lactation; suckling [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保温 [ほおん]
(n) retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保管 [ほかん]
(n,vs) charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 保健所 [ほけんしょ]
(n) health care center [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保健婦 [ほけんふ]
(n) district health nurse; public health nurse [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保険金 [ほけんきん]
(n) insurance payout [K] [D] [Jisho] - 留保 [りゅうほ]
(n) reserving; withholding [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保護者 [ほごしゃ]
(n) guardian; protector; patron [K] [D] [Jisho] - 海上保安庁 [かいじょうほあんちょう]
Maritime Safety Agency [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保持 [ほじ]
(n,vs) retention; maintenance; preservation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保釈 [ほしゃく]
(n) bail [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保守的 [ほしゅてき]
(adj-na) conservative [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保守党 [ほしゅとう]
(n) Conservative Party; the Right; Tories [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保証人 [ほしょうにん]
(n) guarantor; bondsman [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生保 [せいほ]
(n) (abbr) life insurance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保全 [ほぜん]
(n) preservation; integrity; conservation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 安全保障 [あんぜんほしょう]
(n) (military) security guarantee [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生命保険 [せいめいほけん]
life insurance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保有 [ほゆう]
(n,vs) possession; retention; maintenance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保養所 [ほようじょ]
sanatorium; rest home [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保留 [ほりゅう]
(n,vs) reserve; putting on hold; deferment [K] [D] [Jisho] - 簡易保険 [かんいほけん]
postal life insurance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 安保 [あんぽ]
(n) (abbr) US-Japan Security Treaty; safety; security [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国民健康保険 [こくみんけんこうほけん]
national health insurance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 社会保険 [しゃかいほけん]
social insurance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 損害保険 [そんがいほけん]
damage insurance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 社会保険庁 [しゃかいほけんちょう]
Social Insurance Agency [K] [D] [Jisho] - 社会保障 [しゃかいほしょう]
social security [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.