Kanji 防
7 strokes
Meaning
ward off, defend, protect, resist
- On'yomi
- ボウ
- Kun'yomi
- ふせぐ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 阜 mound (170)
- JLPT
- N2
- School grade
- Grade 5
- Kanken
- 6級
- Frequency
- #331 / 2500
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
Example sentences
治療よりも予防。
Prevention is better than cure.
消防署に連絡してください。
Please call the fire department.
彼女は寒気を防ぐために厚いコートを着ていた。
She was wearing a thick coat against the chill.
Look-alike kanji
Kanji with similar components or shapes that are easy to mix up when reading and writing.
Other kanji with radical “mound” 阜
- 院Inst.
- 際occasion
- 限limit
- 阪heights
- 階storey
- 除exclude
- 降descend
- 隊regiment
- 険precipitous
- 陸land
- 障hinder
- 陣camp
- 陽sunshine
- 隣neighboring
- 隠conceal
- 隆hump
- 阿Africa
- 陥collapse
- 阻thwart
- 陳exhibit
- 隔isolate
- 陰shade
- 随follow
- 陛highness
| Kanji | Meaning | On'yomi | Kun'yomi | Strokes |
|---|