防 — Chinese character
防
fáng
to protect, to defend, to guard against
- Pinyin
- fáng
- Radical
- 170 ⾩ (Mound)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 阝 方
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wall; meaning component 阝; sound component 方
- Japanese
- 防 as a kanji
Common words with 防
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 防止 | fáng zhǐ | to prevent; to guard against |
| 预防 (預防) | yù fáng | to prevent; to take precautions against |
| 国防 (國防) | guó fáng | national defense |
| 防御 (防禦) | fáng yù | defense; to defend |
| 防治 | fáng zhì | to prevent and cure; prevention and cure |
| 防范 (防範) | fáng fàn | to be on guard; wariness |
| 消防 | xiāo fáng | firefighting; fire control |
| 防护 (防護) | fáng hù | to defend; to protect |
| 防守 | fáng shǒu | to defend; to protect (against) |
| 防卫 (防衛) | fáng wèi | to defend; defensive |
| 防空 | fáng kōng | anti-aircraft defense |
| 国防部长 (國防部長) | guó fáng bù zhǎng | Defense secretary; Defense Minister |
English words written with 防
- defense
- defensive
- waterproof
- preventive
- firefighter
- sunscreen
- bulletproof
- firewall
- fireman
- preventative
- precautionary
- firefighting
防 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Art of War 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.