保

bǎo

to defend; to protect; to keep

Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4]); to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system

person (亻) + [sound] (呆) = protect and guarantee

A person standing close, sheltering something — that human presence is what makes protection real. 呆 lends the sound bǎo here; the meaning rides entirely on the person radical.

亻+呆→保
亻A personSemantic
呆DullPhonetic

我们要保护环境,让地球更美好。

wǒ men yào bǎo hù huán jìng,ràng dì qiú gèng měi hǎo。

We must protect the environment to make the earth better.

政府出台新政策来保障市民的基本权利。

zhèng fǔ chū tái xīn zhèng cè lái bǎo zhàng shì mín de jī běn quán lì。

The government introduced new policies to guarantee the basic rights of citizens.

Words with 保

保鲜膜

bǎo xiān mó

plastic wrap

人保

rén bǎo

personal guarantee

保洁

bǎo jié

sanitation

保全

bǎo quán

to save from damage

社会保障

shè huì bǎo zhàng

social security

保镳

bǎo biāo

variant of 保鏢|保镖[bao3 biao1]

保护国

bǎo hù guó

protectorate

自然保护区

zì rán bǎo hù qū

nature reserve

保修

bǎo xiū

to promise to keep sth in good repair

低保

dī bǎo

subsistence allowance

医疗保险

yī liáo bǎo xiǎn

medical insurance

保山

bǎo shān

see 保山市[Bao3 shan1 Shi4]

More characters with 亻

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