保甲
Traditional form:
保甲
Pinyin (reading):
bǎojiǎ
Definitions:
- 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)
Characters:
- 保 - to safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for
- 甲 - armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem
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