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Chinese symbol for “insure”

保险
bǎo xiǎn
Traditional: 保險
insurance; to insure; safe; secure

The closest CC-CEDICT match for insure is 保险 (bǎo xiǎn), defined as: insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

保 bǎo
to safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes
险 xiǎn
narrow pass, strategic point
radical 170 ⾩ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “insure”

WordPinyinMeaning
投保tóu bǎoto take out insurance; to insure

Related words

Other words that share a character with 保险.

WordPinyinMeaning
保护 (保護)bǎo hùto protect; to defend
保证 (保證)bǎo zhèngguarantee; to guarantee
保持bǎo chíto keep; to maintain
保障bǎo zhàngto ensure; to guarantee
确保 (確保)què bǎoto ensure; to guarantee
危险 (危險)wēi xiǎndanger; dangerous
风险 (風險)fēng xiǎnrisk; hazard
冒险 (冒險)mào xiǎnto take risks; to take chances

See also: Japanese symbol for “insure”.

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