Kanji: 保

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N1 (most advanced level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 6 (completion of 5th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 5th grade in Japan
Radical:	人(亻) Radical name: ひと（にんべん）
Meaning:	Protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 150 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N3	保証(ほしょう)	guarantee, security, assurance, pledge, warranty
N3	保存(ほぞん)	preservation, conservation, storage, maintenance
N2	保健(ほけん)	health preservation, hygiene, sanitation
N1	確保(かくほ)	guarantee, ensure, maintain, insure, secure
N1	保(たも)つ	to keep, to preserve, to hold, to retain, to maintain, to support, to sustain, to last, to endure, to keep we
N1	保育(ほいく)	nursing, nurturing, rearing, lactation, suckling
N1	保温(ほおん)	retaining warmth, keeping heat in, heat insulation
N1	保管(ほかん)	charge, custody, safekeeping, deposit, storage
N1	保険(ほけん)	insurance, guarantee
N1	保護(ほご)	care, protection, shelter, guardianship, favor, patronage
N1	保守(ほしゅ)	conservative, maintaining
N1	保障(ほしょう)	guarantee, security, assurance, pledge, warranty
N1	保母(ほぼ)	day care worker in a kindergarten nursery school etc.
N1	保養(ほよう)	health preservation, recuperation, recreation