保
guarantee, keep, preserve, protect, support, sustain
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
9 / 9
Information
Grade:5
Strokes:9
JLPT:1
Frequency:146
Vocabulary
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| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安全保障 | アンゼンホショウ | (guarantee of) security |
| 火災保険 | カサイホケン | fire insurance |
| 確保 | カクホ | securing; obtaining; ensuring; guarantee; maintaining; belay; belaying |
| 健康保険 | ケンコウホケン | health insurance |
| 生保 | セイホ | life insurance; livelihood protection; public assistance; welfare |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安保 | あんぽ | security (e.g. national security); US-Japan Security Treaty; campaign against the Japan-US Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970) |
| 担保 | たんぽ | security; guarantee; collateral; mortgage; guarantee (e.g. of safety) |
| 保する | ほする | to guarantee |
| 保する | ほうする | to guarantee |
| 保ち合い | もちあい | unity; even matching; interdependence; steadiness (of market price); holding; no change |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
促
demand, incite, press, stimulate, urge
Grade 8JLPT 1
架
construct, erect, frame, mount, shelf, support
Grade 8JLPT 1
味
flavor, taste
Grade 3JLPT 4
束
bundle, control, govern, manage, ream, sheaf, tie in bundles
Grade 4JLPT 3
使
ambassador, cause, envoy, messenger, order, send on a mission, use
Grade 3JLPT 4
仲
go-between, relationship
Grade 4JLPT 2
某
a certain, one, so-and-so, that person
Grade 8JLPT 1
休
day off, rest, retire, sleep
Grade 1JLPT 5
褒
extol, praise
Grade 8JLPT 1
師
army (incl. counter), exemplar, expert, master, model, teacher, war
Grade 5JLPT 3