保

Information about character(s)

Radical: 人
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bǎo
Cantonese: bou2
JapaneseKun: TAMOTSU YASUNJIRU
JapaneseOn: HO HOU
Korean: PO
Vietnamese: bảo

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: protect, safeguard, defend, care

CE-Dict: to defend/to protect/to insure or guarantee/to maintain/hold or keep/to guard

Soothill: Protect, ward, guard; guarantee.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to maintain; to keep
2.to protect
3.to ensure
4.to serve as guarantor for

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: defend; keep; protect

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: defend; keep; protect

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《人部》保養也。从人，从𤓽省。𤓽，古文孚。

康熙字典文字版 【子集中】【人字部】保
注解：〔古文〕𤔍𡥀𠊻【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】補抱切【正韻】補道切，𠀤音寶。安也。【周禮•天官】以八統詔王馭萬民，五曰保庸。【註】保庸，安有功者。　又恃也，守也。　又【禮•月令】四鄙入保。【註】小城曰保。又都邑之城曰保。　又任也。【周禮•地官•大司徒】令五家爲比，使之相保。【註】保猶任也。　又全之也，佑也。【書•召誥】天迪格保。【註】格正夏命而保佑之。又【詩•小雅】天保定爾，亦孔之固。　又【說文】養也。【增韻】抱也。【書•周官】立太師，太傅，太保。【禮•文王世子】入則有保，出則有師。【前漢•宣帝紀】嘗有阿保之功。【註】阿，倚也。保，養也。【賈誼傳】保者，保其身體。　又【史記•欒布傳】窮困賃傭於齊，爲酒家保。【註】酒家作保傭也。　又姓。【呂氏春秋】楚保申，爲文王傅。　又與褓緥𠀤通。【禮•月令】保介之御閒。【註】猶衣也。保卽𣚦褓。　又叶博古切，音補。【易林】東南其戶，風雨不處。燕婉仁人，父子相保。　又叶博效切，音報。【詩•大雅】無射亦保。叶上廟。
考證：〔【周禮·天官】八統詔王馭萬民，五曰庸保。【註】庸保，安有功者。〕　謹照原文八統上增以字。兩庸保𠀤改保庸。〔【前漢·宣帝紀】阿保之功。〕　謹照原文阿保上增嘗有二字。〔【賈誼·治安策】保者，保其身體。〕　謹照原書改賈誼傳。

Japanese Places Ho (loc)

ほう
Hou (loc)

CF-Dict: défendre/protéger/entretenir/conserver/garantir/maintenir/garder/assurer

Han-De-Dict: schützen, beschützen (u.E.) (V)