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
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 9
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 15
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 62
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 67
- Analects 7.28
- Art of War 4.7
- Art of War 4.16
- Art of War 10.24
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