Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.
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邡 name of a (90a1)檃 阢 阮 ancient musical instrument:祁 numerous邨 hamlet-village郤 opening陀 steep bank陟 scale隙 rift邓 Deng (surname) (simp)邗 an ancient place邘 state in Henan province (iii)邙 henan邛 distress邝 Kuang (surname) (simp)邠 county邢 Xing (surname)邬 various place names (simp)邯 city in Hebei province
Historical Evolution
防
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
防
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
防
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
防
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
防
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
防
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
防
Regular
Modern
Chinese
防 [fáng]
to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
防 すえお
Sueo unclassified name
防 すえたけ
Suetake unclassified name
防 すえとみ
Suetomi unclassified name
防 すえどみ
Suedomi unclassified name
防 つつみ
Tsutsumi surname
防 のりお
Norio unclassified name
防 のりひこ
Norihiko unclassified name
防 ふせぎ
Fusegi surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
防止 [fángzhǐ] #4,462
to prevent
消防 [xiāofáng] #3,403
firefighting
防守 [fángshǒu] #4,082
to defend
预防 [yùfáng] #8,000
to prevent
预防 [yùfáng] #8,000
to prevent
防御 [fángyù] #4,900
defense
防御 [fángyù] #4,900
defense
防治 [fángzhì] #30,755
to prevent and cure
防护 [fánghù] #6,358
to defend
防护 [fánghù] #6,358
to defend
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 防ぐ [ふせぐ] #1,976
to defend against
⭐ 防御 [ぼうぎょ] #3,306
defense
無防備 [むぼうび] #4,820
defenseless
⭐ 妨害 [ぼうがい] #5,184
obstruction
⭐ 防衛 [ぼうえい] #5,326
defense
⭐ 葛藤 [かっとう] #7,163
conflict
⭐ 防止 [ぼうし] #8,053
prevention
防具 [ぼうぐ] #9,422
guard
⭐ 攻防 [こうぼう] #10,378
offense and defense
防壁 [ぼうへき] #11,935
protective wall
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