Character

保

bǎo HSK 4
保 bǎo HSK 4
  • 1. to guard and protect from harm or loss
  • 2. to maintain; to keep from disappearing
  • 3. to guarantee; to take full responsibility for
  • 4. to bail; to vouch that someone will not commit crimes or flee
  • 5. to insure
  • 6. guarantor; surety
  • 7. administrative household unit in old China (several 甲 formed one 保)
  • 8. a surname
  • 9. see "保安族": an ethnic minority in China, mainly distributed in Gansu Province
Words using 保 as bǎo (24)
Structure & writing
保 bǎo — to guard and protect from harm or loss
保 is a component in 3 characters

consists of

1 亻 rén — person/human radical (standing figure)
亻 is a component in 117 characters
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2 呆 dāi — foolish; stupid
呆 is a component in 1 characters

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