防 is the Japanese kanji for defend, ward off, protect, resist. It is written with 7 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is ふせ.ぐ and its on reading is ボウ.
Stroke order
Words with 防
- 防ぐto defend against, to protect against
- 防衛defense, defence, protection
- 国防national defence, national defense
- 防止prevention, check
- 予防prevention, protection (against), precaution
- 消防fire fighting
Practice 防 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.