防 — ward off, defend, protect

ぼう防 ward off

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes war

U+9632 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #331 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1399 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

ward off
defend
protect
resist

word

ほう・ぼう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

防(ぼう) bou defense 防(ぼう) 止(し) boushi prevention 防(ぼう) 衛(えい) bouei defense 予(よ) 防(ぼう) yobou prevention 防(ぼう) 災(さい) bousai disaster prevention 消(しょう) 防(ぼう) shoubou fire fighting 防(ぼう) 犯(はん) bouhan crime prevention 国(こく) 防(ぼう) kokubou national defense

ふせ fuse Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

防(ふせ) ぐ fusegu to defend 防(ふせ) げる fusegeru to be able to prevent

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Components

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阝 mound

かた方 direction #70

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#170 阜 mound

防 — ward off, defend, protect

Meanings

word

ほう・ぼう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

ふせ fuse Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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防 — ward off, defend, protect

Meanings

word

ほう ・ぼう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

ふせ fuse Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

ほう・ぼう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).