堡 Strokes Write it Listen 堡 bǎo fort, fortress; town, village HSK 7–9 12 strokes Radical 土 Ideograph 1 word Built from保bǎoto safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for土tǔsoil, earth; items made of earth How it worksEarthen 土 walls built for defense 保; 保 also provides the meaning.