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Kanji for Keep
The kanji for “keep” is 保, read ho and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
保
keep
To keep, protect and preserve.
9 strokes On reading ホ、ホウ (ho, hou) Kun reading たもつ (tamotsu) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain
Readings used for names on Nazuke: o, ho, yasu
In Japan it appears in about 909 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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