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保甲

bǎo jiǎ

2-character word

What 保甲 means

1. historical communal administrative and self-defence system created during the Song Dynasty and revived during the Republican Era, in which households are grouped in jia {甲|jiǎ} and jia are grouped in bao {保|bǎo}

The characters in 保甲

• 保bǎoto defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure…
• 甲jiǎfirst of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; (used for an unspecified person or thing)…