防
defend; ward off; protect; resist
7 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 331.
Readings
- ボウ (on reading): 防御率 (ぼうぎょりつ) earned run average; 防衛 (ぼうえい) defense
- ふせぐ (kun reading): 防ぐ (ふせぐ) to prevent; 未然に防ぐ (みぜんにふせぐ) to prevent (something) from occurring
- Read as a whole word: 防人 (さきもり) soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times; 周防 (すおう) Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Components
Words using 防
- 防御率 (ぼうぎょりつ) earned run average
- 防衛 (ぼうえい) defense
- 防止 (ぼうし) prevention
- 防御 (ぼうぎょ) defense
- 消防 (しょうぼう) fire fighting
- 防ぐ (ふせぐ) to prevent
- 未然に防ぐ (みぜんにふせぐ) to prevent (something) from occurring
- 伝染を防ぐ (でんせんをふせぐ) to prevent infection
- 防ぎ (ふせぎ) defense
- 防ぎ止める (ふせぎとめる) to prevent
- 防人 (さきもり) soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times
- 周防 (すおう) Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
426 words in all.