保

保 is Unicode character number X4FDD, CJK, KanjiLiberal.

To year 2026, the Glyph "保" already has assigned its unique unicode number X4FDD , that cause no confuses.

Glyph 保 and character X4FDD are allowed in the technical language Tarja and treated as synonyms; 保 is preferred while it takes 3 bytes while X4FDD takes 5 bytes.

In Japanese and in Tarja, 保 may mean protect, safeguard, defend, care, insurance.
In Japanese and in Tarja, 保 can be pronounced as ホ, ⁠ホウ, ⁠たもつ, ⁠やすんじる.
保 may have also other meanings and other pronunciations dependently on the context.

保 often appears in combination with Kanji 障; 保障 (ほけん, hoken) refers to insurance.
The same refers to combination with character 険. Word «保険», also can be pronounced as ほけん Ihoken) and also refers to insurance.

Jisho

https://jisho.org/search/保

保 protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support

Kun: たも.つ

On: ホ、 ホウ

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保証 (保証) Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

1. guarantee; security; assurance; pledge​ Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

2. warranty ​Only applies to 保証

Other forms

保障 (保障) 【ほしょう】

Nihongomaster

https://www.nihongomaster.com/japanese/dictionary/word/49420/hoken-保険-ほけん

Meaning of 保険 in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level ]]保険]]

JLPT 1

Kana Reading ほけん

Romaji hoken

Word Senses

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`

Meaning insurance; guarantee ..

Sci-fi

In utopia Tartaria, ruting century 21, the technical language Tarja that avoids glyphs that have not yet assigned a unicode number.

Glyph 保 is allowed: since the beginning of century 21, it has unique, individual, exclusive Unicode number X4FDD.

Then the special font Uniglif becomes the default; in this fort, different characters are not allowed to be shown with the same (not the similar) glyphs. However, character 保 is adopted in the Uniglif "as is"; it did not show any confusion with other characters and had no need to be modified.

Warning

The interpretations of character X4FDD and glyph 保 above are based on the sites cited.

Such an interpretation may require some revision by a native Japanese speaker

References

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/保険 保険（ほけん、英: Insurance）は、偶然に発生する事故（保険事故）によって生じる財産上の損失に備えて、多数の者が金銭（保険料）を出し合い、その資金によって事故が発生した者に金銭（保険金）を給付するための制度。

Keywords

«Character», «CJK», «Glyph», «Insurance», «Japanese», «Kanji», «KanjiLiberal», «Tarja», «Unicode», «Uniglif», «X4FDD» «保», «X967A» «険», «X969C» «障»,