保

protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ホホウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

たも.つ

Nanori (名乗り)

うおぶもりやすやすし

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:9

JLPT:N1

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

stimulate, urge, press, demand, incite

erect, frame, mount, support, shelf, construct

bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control

use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause

go-between, relationship

so-and-so, one, a certain, that person

rest, day off, retire, sleep

expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war