Logo Kanji Japanese Kanji Dictionary - Look Up Readings & Meanings

Search Kanji by Name or Character

防

7 strokes in total

JLPT N2 Grade 5 ward off

📖 English Meaning

protection, safety device

Pronunciation
Hiragana:
ふせぎ　ぼう
Listen to pronunciation
Romaji:
fusegi　bou
Listen to pronunciation
On'yomi:
ボウ <外>ホウ
Kun'yomi:
ふせ(ぐ) <外>まも(る)
Character Meanings
防 defend; prevent; embankment
Radical
阜 阝
こざとへん
View all 214 radicals
Compound Words with 防
防い ふせい
防ぎ ふせぎ
防ぎとめる ふせぎとめる
防ぎ止め ふせぎとめ
防ぎ止める ふせぎとめる
防ぐ ふせぐ
防げ ふせげ
防じん ぼうじん
Related Words
防ぎ protection, defensive measure, safety device
防ぎとめる hold off
防ぎ止める hold off
防ぐ defend, protect, hold, screen, champion, keep, forestall
防カビ剤 antifungal agent
How to write 防 Calligraphy of 防 More JLPT N2 Kanji
Famous People with this Kanji
官僚 防衛審議官 (ぼうえいしんぎかん)
Find similar names
女優 周防ゆきこ (すおうゆきこ)
Find similar names
作曲家 周防義和 (すおうよしかず)
Find similar names
Quick Tools
✍️
Draw Kanji
Handwriting recognition
📝
Stroke Order
Learn how to write
📚
JLPT Kanji
Study by level
Explore 50,000+ Japanese Words Click to learn
さい果て
furthest, thule
ふっつり
whole
ウエーター
waiter
テールライト
rear light
創設者
founder
加熱
heat up
同じい
equal, equivalent, like
岸に沿って
onshore
旋光計
polarimeter
Draw Kanji

Draw Kanji

Stroke Order

Stroke Order

JLPT Kanji

JLPT Kanji

Japanese Language Proficiency Test
Radicals

214 Radicals

Hiragana to Kanji

Hiragana Names

Kanji Reading

Kanji Reading

Short stories about words

© Japanese Kanji Names Dictionary, How to Read and Pronounce