Chinese Character Wiki
保

bǎo

protect

Depicts a person carrying a child on their back.

Components
亻 iconic component

亻  Iconic component

rén

  

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

子 iconic component

子  Iconic component

zi, zǐ

  

child

Depicts a child being carried.

Evolution

保 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
保 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
保 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
保 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
保 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

保  

bǎo

protect, safeguard, defend, care; to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bǎo​jiǎ] system (old)

保  

Bǎo

Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bǎo​jiā​lì​yà]

Most common words with 保
Freq.
Word
Meaning

保护

to protect

保证

guarantee

保持

to keep

保

to defend

保险

insurance

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

褓

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)

堡 褒 葆 煲 褓

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pˤuʔ

pawX

bǎo

protect


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 94.8262% of movies

207th most common character in movies

266th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+4FDD

Shuowen

“保，養也。从人，从省。，古文孚。，古文保。，古文保不省。”


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