保

保 — protect, guarantee, keep

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 9
Taught in: School year 5
Frequency: #146 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ほ ho

ほう hou
Kun'yomi: たも.つ tamo.tsu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 保

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