ホ, ホウ, たも.つ, お, ぶ, もり, やす, やすし
protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support

This kanji has 9 strokes: 2 in the "person" radical (ひと) and 7 other strokes.

Sample compounds (22) :


  1. (vs) guarantee

  2. たもつ
    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

  3. ちゅうほ
    mediation

  4. ほいく
    (vs) nursing, nurturing, rearing, lactation, suckling

  5. ちゅうほ
    mediation, intercession

  6. もちあい
    interdependence

  7. ほぜん
    preservation, integrity, conservation

  8. ほれい
    keep cool

  9. たんぽ
    security, collateral (e.g. mortgage)

  10. ほじ
    (vs) retention, maintenance, preservation

  11. そんぽ
    (abbr) damage insurance

  12. ほぼ
    kindergarten teacher

  13. ほおん
    retaining warmth, keeping heat in, heat insulation

  14. せいほ
    (abbr) life insurance

  15. りゅうほ
    reserving, withholding

  16. ほぜい
    customs bond

  17. ほかん
    (vs) charge, custody, safekeeping, deposit, storage

  18. ほよう
    health preservation, recuperation, recreation

  19. ほしん
    self-protection

  20. ほしゃく
    bail

  21. ほけん
    insurance, guarantee

  22. ほしょう
    (vs) guarantee, security, assurance, pledge, warranty
Kanji Character : 保
Kuten Encoding : 4261
SJIS Encoding : 4a5d
Unicode Encoding : 4fdd
Old Nelson Index : 455
Radical Number : 9
Frequency Ranking : 173
Gakken Index : 166
Grade Level : 5
Halpern Index : 96
Heisig Index : 997
Henshall Index : 787
New Nelson Index : 222
O'Neil Index : 781
Stroke Count : 9
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2a7.11
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 7
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : a
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 11
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 489
SKIP Code : 1-2-7
De Roo Code : 2164
Four Corner Code : 2629.4
Korean reading : bo
Pinyin reading : bao3
Morohashi Index String : 702
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 1.0788
Morohashi Index Number : 702
Morohashi Page : 788
Morohashi Volume : 1
Dictionary Codes
  1. R2164
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