保甲 in English bao3 jia3 Meaning

Meanings

  • 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[jia3] and jia are grouped in bao 保[bao3]

Simplified Characters

保 甲

Traditional Characters

保 甲

Pinyin

bao3 jia3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

保bao3Bulgaria 甲jia3first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]