The kanji 防: meaning, readings and stroke order

防

Meaning: prevent, defend
On reading: ボウ bou
Kun reading: ふせ（ぐ） fusegu
Strokes: 7
Radical: 阜 mound, dam
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: phòng ngừa, ngăn chặn (phòng)
Japanese: ふせぐ。まもる。
Korean: 막다, 지키다 (방)
Chinese: 防止、防守

Readings, words and example sentences

ボウ bou · on reading

消しょう防ぼう
firefighting
消しょう防ぼうの車が通ります。
A fire engine goes by.

ふせ（ぐ） fusegu · kun reading

防ふせぐ
to prevent
かぜを 防ふせぐ ために手をあらいます。
I wash my hands to keep from catching a cold.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.