| 716 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 808 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 787 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 166 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 455 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 351 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 319 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 781 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 489 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 498 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 665 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 102 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 107 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 72 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 77 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1006 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 702 | Morohashi |
| 96 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 222 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 997 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1072 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 163 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 705 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
146 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 保育 【ホイク】 nurturing, rearing, childcare, day care, nursing, suckling
- 保安 【ホアン】 peace preservation, security, safety
- 留保 【リュウホ】 reserving, withholding
- 生保 【セイホ】 life insurance, livelihood protection, public assistance, welfare
- 保する 【ホスル】 to guarantee
- 保安 【ホウアン】 Hōan era (1120.4.10-1124.4.3)
- 永保 【エイホウ】 Eihō era (1081.2.10-1084.2.7), Eiho era
- 太保 【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)
Kun reading compounds
- 保つ 【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
Readings
- Japanese names:
- う、 お、 ぶ、 もり、 やす、 やすし
- Korean:
- bo
Spanish
- garantizar
- mantener
- preservar
- proteger
- apoyar
Portuguese
- proteger garantia
- guarda
- preservar
- sustentar
- apoiar
French
- protéger
- garantir
- garder
- préserver
- conserver
- soutenir
| 2164 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a7.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2629.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4fdd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
570 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 母国 【ボコク】 one's home country, one's homeland
- 母校 【ボコウ】 alma mater
- 養父母 【ヨウフボ】 adoptive parents
- 空母 【クウボ】 aircraft carrier
Kun reading compounds
- 母 【はは】 mother
- 母親 【ははおや】 mother
- 必要は発明の母 【ひつようははつめいのはは】 necessity is the mother of invention
- 失敗は成功の母 【しっぱいはせいこうのはは】 failure is the mother of success
- 母屋 【もや】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline, main building (of a manor), central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
- 母屋桁 【もやげた】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline
- 雲母 【うんも】 mica, isinglass
- 乳母 【うば】 wet nurse, nursing mother
Readings
- Korean:
- mo
Spanish
- madre
- base
- cimientos
Portuguese
- mãe
- materno
French
- maman
- mère
| 137 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 222 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 203 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 554 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2466 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 89 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 65 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 326 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 112 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 112 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 74 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1143 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4287 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2165 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2917 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 102 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16723 | Morohashi |
| 3475 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3005 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 101 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 105 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 317 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 114 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3647 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.36 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-1 | SKIP code |
| 7750.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6bcd | Unicode hex code |