堡 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「土」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「土」
- On
- ホ・ホウ
- Kun
- とりで
- Meaning
- fort; redoubt
Origin
Earth 土 with 保 as phonetic: a fort raised from banked earth.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 橋頭堡きょうとうほ
bridgehead; foothold
- 堡塁ほるい
fort; redoubt
Example
市場開拓の橋頭堡を築いた。
They established a foothold in the new market.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)