保 – Kanji details

Keyword

preserve

Info

Frequency	Top 500-600
Type	Kyōiku (5th grade) ?
Kanken	Level 6
Heisig	1072
Readings	ほ (67%) たも (15%) も (14%)
	ぽほうぽうお

Composed of

亻

thin person

呆

dumbfounded

Mnemonic

The thin person was dumbfounded at how little he was able to preserve their body weight. He's just getting thinner and thinner with no end in sight!

Used in kanji (4 in total)

praise

fortification

diaper

dense growth

Used in vocabulary (927 in total)

保たもつ

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

確かく保ほ

securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

保ほ護ご

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

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Examples (200 in total)

ずっと沈ちん黙もくを保たもっていた僕ぼくが、初はじめて口くちを開ひらく。

I, who had maintained silence all along, spoke for the first time.

そのままの状じょう態たいを保たもつようにするのだぞ。

Make sure to keep it in that state.

その余よ裕ゆう、いつまで保もつかしら？

I wonder how long that composure will last.

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