保 — Chinese character

保

bǎo

to safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for

Pinyin: bǎo
Radical: 9 ⼈ (Man)
Strokes: 9
Components: 亻呆
Formation: pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 呆
Japanese: 保 as a kanji

Common words with 保

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
保护 (保護)	bǎo hù	to protect; to defend
保证 (保證)	bǎo zhèng	guarantee; to guarantee
保持	bǎo chí	to keep; to maintain
保障	bǎo zhàng	to ensure; to guarantee
确保 (確保)	què bǎo	to ensure; to guarantee
保险 (保險)	bǎo xiǎn	insurance; to insure
环保 (環保)	huán bǎo	environmental protection; environmentally friendly
保留	bǎo liú	to keep; to retain
保存	bǎo cún	to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)
保守	bǎo shǒu	conservative; to guard
保卫 (保衛)	bǎo wèi	to defend; to safeguard
保安	bǎo ān	to ensure public security; to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production)

English words written with 保

保 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 4 · Analects 1 · Art of War 3 · Mencius 14 · Zhuangzi 14 · Great Learning 3 · Doctrine of the Mean 4

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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