防

common

ボウ/BŌ/    ふせ.ぐ/fuse.gu/BOU/ボウ/    fuse.gu/ふせ.ぐ/

ward off;  defend;  protect;  resist

Radical: 阜 (mound).   Strokes: 7画.   Elements: 方⻖.   Pinyin: fáng.   Hangul: 방 [bang].   Nanori: あた / う / ほうata / u / hō.

Jōyō Kanji 5th Grade.   JLPT N2.

Example compounds:
ボウBŌ酸化防止剤【さんかぼうしざいsankabōshizai】antioxidant
防臭【ぼうしゅうbōshū】odor-resistant; odour-resistant
国防会議【こくぼうかいぎkokubōkaigi】(Japanese) National Defense Council (1956-86) (Defence); National Security Council (USA)
ふせぐfusegu防ぐ【ふせぐfusegu】to defend (against); to protect; to prevent
未然に防ぐ【みぜんにふせぐmizennifusegu】to prevent; to take precautions
Codepoints and classification codes:
9632–Unicode
43-41–JIS X 0208
1-3-4–SKIP
2d4.1–TKD
7022.7–Four Corner
3645–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
4980–Classic Nelson
6429–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
270–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
203–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
1302–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
325–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
374–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
680–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
41576–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 11 p. 792
791–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
513–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
718–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
983–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
812–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
674–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
326–The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley
781–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
725–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1311–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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