Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

146 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support

Kunyomi: たも.つ

Onyomi: ホウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

険(ほけん)   insurance

護者(ほごしゃ)   guardian

育園(ほいくえん)   nursery school

証する(ほしょうする)   guarantee

護する(ほごする)   shelter, protect

有する(ほゆうする)   possess

存する(ほぞんする)   preserve, store

管する(ほかんする)   deposit, store

つ(たもつ)   keep, retain, maintain

Onyomi Examples

ホイク nurturing, rearing, childcare, day care, nursing, suckling

ホアン peace preservation, security, safety

リュウホ reserving, withholding

セイホ life insurance, livelihood protection, public assistance, welfare

する ホスル to guarantee

ホウアン Hōan era (1120.4.10-1124.4.3)

エイホウ Eihō era (1081.2.10-1084.2.7), Eiho era

タイホウ Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty), Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

Kunyomi Examples

たもつ to keep, to preserve, to hold, to retain, to maintain, to sustain, to last, to endure, to keep well (food), to wear well, to be durable