protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support
保 centers on keeping something safe and intact: protecting, preserving, sustaining, or guaranteeing its continued existence. Support is a natural extension of holding something up so it remains secure.
保 combines 亻 (person) with 呆, which is thought to represent a child wrapped or carried on the back, giving the idea of a person protecting or nurturing a child. The modern form preserves this protective sense.
A person 亻 carries a child-like shape 呆 on their back, wrapping and shielding it. This is protecting, keeping safe, and sustaining life.
For ホ, imagine a person holding a protective HOop around the child: hoop -> ホ, and the hoop guarantees safety.
protection; safeguard; guardianship; custody; patronage
preservation; conservation; storage; maintenance
insurance
securing; obtaining; ensuring; guarantee; maintaining
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to sustain
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
maintenance
nurturing; rearing; childcare; day care
retention; maintenance; preservation
nursery school; day nursery; day care center
possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping
preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation
peace preservation; security
security; guarantee; collateral; mortgage
preservation; conservation; maintenance; integrity
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
security (e.g. national security)
health care center; health care centre
health preservation; recuperation; recreation
bail; releasing on bail
reserving; withholding
retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
life insurance
Japan Coast Guard; JCG
(female) childcare worker; nursery school teacher
Conservative Party
health insurance
Social Insurance Agency
conservatism and progressivism; conservatives and reformists
to guarantee
(female) public health nurse
conservative
nursery school; day care center; day nursery
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
guaranteed; certified; warranty included
deposit (esp. on renting a house); security money; bond payment; guarantee
guardian; protector; patron; parent
insurance payout; insurance money
recreation facility (usu. corporate-owned and for the exclusive use of the corporation's employees); rest home; retreat center
health insurance
national health insurance
(guarantee of) security
non-life insurance; general insurance; property and casualty insurance
fire insurance
environmental protection
life insurance
social insurance
social security
postal life insurance
insured person