保

bǎo = b + ao3

Bulgaria / Bulgarian / abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4]

保 = 亻 + 呆 : Mnemonic symbol: a safe

保 = 亻 + 呆 : In the aorta, the fool and Rosa Luxemburg unite their forces to protect the world and try to lock Beelzebub in a safe.

保

bǎo = b + ao3

to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)

保 = 亻 + 呆 : Mnemonic symbol: a safe

保 = 亻 + 呆 : In the aorta, the fool and Rosa Luxemburg unite their forces to protect the world and try to lock Beelzebub in a safe.

保

bǎo = b + ao3

to defend; to protect; to keep / to guarantee; to ensure / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)

保 character breakdown

保
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿
- 呆
  - 口
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

亻

rén = r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

亻 = 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).

呆

da̅i = d + ai1

foolish / stupid / expressionless / blank / to stay

呆 = 口 + 木 : The fool wants to make fun of Don Quixote in front of the airplane. To fool him, he set up a Christmas tree to look like a huge animal by putting a mandarin on top which looks like the head of the animal. Don Quixote thinks he met his arch enemy and starts to charge the construction, much to the fool's delight.

Characters with 保 as component

堡

bǎo = b + ao3

an earthwork / castle / position of defense / stronghold / used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"

堡 = 保 + 土 : Beelzebub (b) created a new olace for his valuables. Inside of the aorta (ao3) he built a sand castle (堡). In the center of the castle (堡) there is a heap of clay (土) on which a safe (保) is resting.

堡

pù = pu + Ø4

variant of 鋪|铺[pu4] / used in place names

煲

ba̅o = b + ao1

to cook slowly over a low flame / pot / saucepan

葆

bǎo = b + ao3

dense foliage / to cover

褒

ba̅o = b + ao1

to praise / to commend / to honor / (of clothes) large or loose