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Han character
保 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口木 (ORD), four-corner 26294, composition ⿰亻呆)
Derived characters
- 堢 媬 𠸒 㨐 湺 椺 𤦸 褓 緥 𨩚 䭋 堡 煲 㷛 賲 葆 褒 藵 䳰
Descendants
- Japanese: ほ, ホ
References
- KangXi: page 105, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 702
- Dae Jaweon: page 222, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 160, character 4
- Unihan data for U+4FDD
Chinese
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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襃 | *puː, *puː |
保 | *puːʔ |
堡 | *puːʔ |
褓 | *puːʔ |
堢 | *puːʔ |
緥 | *puːʔ |
葆 | *puːʔ |
賲 | *puːʔ |
宲 | *puːʔ |
椺 | *ɦmluːʔ, *ɢʷeːɡs, *ɢeːɡ |
In the oracle script, this character was an ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 人 (“person”) + 子 (“child”) – a person carrying a child on the back; to carry (a child) > to protect.
In early bronze inscriptions, 爪 (“hand”) was added to the person to emphasize that the person was carrying the child. This was later simplified into one or two strokes. The current form has two.
Pronunciation
Definitions
保
- to raise; to rear
- to keep; to maintain
- to protect; to safeguard; to defend
- 你要保大還是保小? [MSC, trad.]
- Nǐ yào bǎo dà háishì bǎo xiǎo? [Pinyin]
- Do you want to save the mother (“the big one”) or the baby (“the small one”)? (a common line in obstetrics-themed dramas)
你要保大还是保小? [MSC, simp.]
- to ensure; to guarantee
- guarantor
- Short for 保釋/保释 (bǎoshì, “to bail”).
- (historical) bao (a unit of the ancient administrative system, consisting of some 100 households)
- a surname: Bao
Synonyms
- (to raise):
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- protection
- guarantee
Readings
- Go-on: ほう (hō)
- Kan-on: ほう (hō)
- Kan’yō-on: ほ (ho, Jōyō)
- Kun: たもつ (tamotsu, 保つ, Jōyō); やすんじる (yasunjiru, 保んじる)
Compounds
- 保育 (hoiku)
- 保菌 (hokin)
- 保険 (hoken)
- 保健 (hoken)
- 保護 (hogo)
- 保守 (hoshu)
- 保障 (hoshō)
- 保証 (hoshō)
- 保身 (hoshin)
- 保全 (hozen)
- 保存 (hozon)
- 保養 (hoyō)
- 保有 (hoyū)
- 保留 (horyū)
- 担保 (tanpo)
Proper noun
保 • (Tamotsu)
- a male given name
Korean
Hanja
保 (eumhun 지킬 보 (jikil bo))
- Hanja form? of 보 (“protection”).
- Hanja form? of 보 (“guarantee”).
Compounds
- 보호 (保護, boho, “protection”)
- 보수 (保守, bosu, “maintenance; conservation; political conservatism”)
- 보험 (保險, boheom, “insurance”)
Vietnamese
Han character
保: Hán Nôm readings: bảo, bầu, bửu
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References
- Nom Foundation