防 (fáng)
to prevent; to defend; waterproof
How 防 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 阝 — town
- Traditional
- 防
- Simplified
- 防 (unchanged)
Components
- 阝 town
- 方 square/raft
Common words using 防
- 防守 fángshǒu
- to defend; to protect (against)
- 防曬 fángshài
- sunburn protection
- 防止 fángzhǐ
- to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions
- 防水 fángshuǐ
- waterproof
- 預防 yùfáng
- to prevent; to take precautions against; to protect
- 國防 guófáng
- national defense
- 國防部 guófángbù
- Defense Department; Ministry of National Defense
- 提防 dīfáng
- to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip)
- 攻防 gōngfáng
- attack and defense; the midfield (in soccer)
- 消防 xiāofáng
- fire-fighting; fire control
- 消防員 xiāofángyuán
- fire-fighter; a fireman
- 消防車 xiāofángchē
- fire engine; fire truck
防 in a sentence
這支手錶可以防水。
Zhè zhī shǒubiǎo kěyǐ fángshuǐ.
“This watch is waterproof.”
How common is 防?
防 is the 548th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 77.7% of all running text.
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