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防 kanji
ward off, defend, protect, resist
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ボウ
Kun readings
ふせぐ
Words with 防
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —防共defense against communism
- —防炎fire prevention
- —防食protection against corrosion; prevention of corrosion
- —防風protection against wind; Saposhnikovia divaricata (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine); Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)
- —防雪anti-snow (device or facility or measure)
- —防塞fort; defensive position
- —防暑protection against heat
- —防熱heat resistance
- —防諜counterintelligence; counterespionage
- —防縮shrinkproof
- —水防flood prevention
- —海防coastal defense; coastal defence
- —警防guard
- —風防protection against wind; windbreak; crystal (glass or plastic cover over a watch face)
- —防潮protection against the tide
- —防滴protection against drops of water
- —防浸watertight; waterproof
- —防銹rustproofing
- —防錆anti-rust; rustproof; anticorrosive
- —防煙protection from smoke; anti-smoke