防 – ward off, defend, protect

7 strokesTaught in grade 5#331 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 防 means ward off, defend, protect, resist. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボウ (bou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふせ.ぐ (fusegu). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 阜 (no. 170).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボウ	bou
Kun’yomi	ふせ.ぐ	fusegu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 阜 (Kangxi radical 170). Components: 方・阡.

Words using 防

消防しょうぼうfire fighting予防よぼうprevention防ぐふせぐto defend against防止ぼうしprevention防犯ぼうはんprevention of crime消防署しょうぼうしょfire station国防こくぼうnational defence堤防ていぼうbank防衛ぼうえいdefense防火ぼうかfire prevention

Example sentences

彼が言うには、消防の仕事というのは大忙しか全く暇かのいずれかだそうだ。

He says firefighting is a feast or famine job.

Tatoeba #120412

治療よりも予防。

Prevention is better than cure.

Tatoeba #150176

塩は魚が腐るのを防ぐ。

Salt preserves fish from spoilage.

Tatoeba #188607

Kanji with the same radical

院際限階除降隊険陸障陣陽隣隠陥阻

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