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The kanji 保: meaning, readings and stroke order
保
- Meaning
- keep, protect
- On reading
- ホ ho
- Kun reading
- たも（つ） tamotsu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 人 man, human
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- giữ, bảo vệ (bảo)
- Japanese
- たもつ。まもる。
- Korean
- 지키다, 유지하다 (보)
- Chinese
- 保持、保护
Readings, words and example sentences
ホ ho · on reading
保健
health care (at school)
保健の 先生に 相談します。
I go and talk to the school nurse.
たも（つ） tamotsu · kun reading
保つ
to keep
部屋を いつも きれいに 保ちます。
I always keep my room clean.
Practise writing 保 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 保 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 5 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.