防

防 — ward off, defend, protect

JLPT: JLPT N2
Strokes: 7
Taught in: School year 5
Frequency: #331 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ぼう bou
Kun'yomi: ふせ.ぐ fuse.gu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 防

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