Chinese symbol for “preventive”
防范
fáng fàn
Traditional: 防範
to be on guard; wariness; to guard against; preventive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for preventive is 防范 (fáng fàn), defined as: to be on guard; wariness; to guard against; preventive.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 防范.
| 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 |
| 范围 (範圍) | fàn wéi | range; scope |
| 规范 (規範) | guī fàn | norm; standard |
| 示范 (示範) | shì fàn | to demonstrate; to show how to do sth |
See also: Japanese symbol for “preventive”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.