HSK 3 · Increase & Decrease

保存

bǎo cún

to keep; to save

Stroke order of 保存

2 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

保 · 9 strokes 存 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

A person (亻) caring for a child (呆 shape) and storing it (存) means to keep.

Parts: 保 protect (亻 + 呆); 存 store

The characters in 保存

保 bǎo — to protect; to keep (9 strokes)
存 cún — to store; to deposit (6 strokes)

Example sentence

请保存好这个文件。

Please save this file.

Words with 保

保安security guard 保险insurance; safe 环保environmental protection 确保to ensure 保证to guarantee 保护to protect 保持to keep; to maintain 保留to keep; to retain 保to protect; to keep

Words with 存

存to store; to deposit 存在to exist 生存to survive

More words: Increase & Decrease

增加to increase 增长to grow; growth 上升to rise 升to rise; to promote; liter 加快to speed up 加强to strengthen 补充to add; to supplement 补to make up for; to mend 缺to lack 缺少to lack; shortage 失去to lose 消失to disappear 浪费to waste 节约to save; to economize 存to store; to deposit

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