保

Bao3
#266 most
frequent character
Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3jia1li4ya4])

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

保 shows a person 亻 carrying a child piggyback. That gives the first sense, 'adult carrying child'. From there it grew to 'to carry', 'to protect', and 'to guarantee'.

Drawn as: person carrying child

保 as a component in other characters

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picture1 character
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