防

防 U+9632, 防 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9632 ← 阱 [U+9631] CJK Unified Ideographs 阳 → [U+9633]

Translingual

Han character

防 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+4, 7 strokes in traditional Chinese, 6 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 弓中卜竹尸 (NLYHS), four-corner 7022₇, composition ⿰阝方)

Derived characters

• 𭰤, 𫕗, 𩗧, 𪁢, 埅

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1347, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41576
• Dae Jaweon: page 1848, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4118, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9632

Chinese

simp. and trad.		防
alternative forms		埅 𨹛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (方) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
縍	*paːŋ
榜	*paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ
蒡	*paːŋʔ, *braːŋ
牓	*paːŋʔ
螃	*paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ
搒	*paːŋs, *braːŋ
舫	*paːŋs, *paŋs
謗	*paːŋs
雱	*pʰaːŋ
磅	*pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ
霶	*pʰaːŋ
滂	*pʰaːŋ
鎊	*pʰaːŋ
髈	*pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ
彷	*baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ
趽	*baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs
房	*baːŋ, *baŋ
篣	*baːŋ, *braːŋ
騯	*baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ
傍	*baːŋ, *baːŋs
膀	*baːŋ
旁	*baːŋ
徬	*baːŋs
閍	*praːŋ
祊	*praːŋ
嗙	*praːŋ
方	*paŋ, *baŋ
汸	*paŋ
坊	*paŋ, *baŋ
邡	*paŋ, *pʰaŋs
枋	*paŋ
鈁	*paŋ
蚄	*paŋ
肪	*paŋ, *baŋ
鴋	*paŋ, *baŋ
牥	*paŋ
昉	*paŋʔ
瓬	*paŋʔ
放	*paŋʔ, *paŋs
倣	*paŋʔ
芳	*pʰaŋ
淓	*pʰaŋ
妨	*pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs
紡	*pʰaŋʔ
仿	*pʰaŋʔ
髣	*pʰaŋʔ
鶭	*pʰaŋʔ
訪	*pʰaŋs
防	*baŋ, *baŋs
魴	*baŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *baŋ, *baŋs): semantic 阝 + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fáng (fang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fang²

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): fáng

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): fán

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fong⁴

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): fong⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fong³

• Gan (Wiktionary): fong⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fòng

  (Hailu, HRS): fong

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fong²

• Jin (Wiktionary): fon¹
• Northern Min (KCR): bǒ̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): hòng / huòng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁵

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): bhang⁵

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): fung⁴
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶baon / ²baon / ⁴baon / ²ban / ⁶vaon / ²vaon
  • (Jinhua): ²vaon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fáng
    • Wade–Giles: fang²
    • Yale: fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farng
    • Palladius: фан (fan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fang²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faŋ²¹/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: fáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faŋ²⁴/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: fán
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): fan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fã²⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fong⁴
    • Yale: fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔŋ²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong²
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fong²
    • Sinological IPA: /fɔŋ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: fon¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /fɒ̃¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǒ̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hòng / huòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /houŋ⁵³/, /huoŋ⁵³/

Note:

• hòng - vernacular;
• huòng - literary.

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: horng²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: horng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
    • Tâi-lô: hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: bhang⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /baŋ²²/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: fung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶baon
    • MiniDict: baon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³baan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bɑ̃²³/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ²baon
    • MiniDict: baon^平
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /bɑ̃³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /bɒ̃³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /bɑ̃²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /bɑ̃²²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /bɑ̃³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /bɒŋ²³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /bɔ̃³¹³/
  • (Northern: Chuansha)
    • Wugniu: ⁴baon
    • Sinological IPA (Chuansha): /bɑ²¹³/
  • (Northern: Kunshan, Changzhou, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²ban
    • MiniDict: ban^平
    • Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /bã¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /baŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /bɑŋ²³/
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶vaon
    • MiniDict: vaon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³vaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vɑ̃²³/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ²vaon
    • MiniDict: vaon^平
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /vɑ̃³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /vɑ̃²²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /vɑ̃³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /vɔ̃³¹³/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ²vaon
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /vɑŋ³¹³/
Note:
• 6baon/2baon - vernacular (e.g. 預防);
• 6vaon/2vaon - literary (e.g. 消防).
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸan¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 防
Mandarin	Beijing	/fɑŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/faŋ²⁴/ ～備 /faŋ²¹³/ 國～
	Tianjin	/fɑŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/faŋ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/faŋ⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/faŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/faŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/fɔ̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/fɑŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/fɑ̃⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/fɑŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/faŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/faŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/faŋ²¹/
	Kunming	/fã̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/faŋ²⁴/
	Hefei	/fɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/fɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/xuɑŋ¹³/ /xuə¹³/
	Hohhot	/fɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/bɑ̃²³/ /vɑ̃²³/
	Suzhou	/bɑ̃¹³/ /vɑ̃¹³/
	Hangzhou	/bɑŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ɦuɔ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/fo⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/fau⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/fan¹³/
	Xiangtan	/ɦɔn¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/fɔŋ⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/foŋ¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/foŋ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/fɔŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/fɔŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/fɔŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/houŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pɔŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/huaŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/faŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjang, bjangH

Rime
Character	防	防
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	符方切	符況切
Baxter	bjang	bjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐŋ/	/bʉɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐŋ/	/bʷiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɑŋ/	/biuɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buaŋ/	/buaŋH/
Li Rong	/biuaŋ/	/biuaŋH/
Wang Li	/bĭwaŋ/	/bĭwaŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱiwaŋ/	/bʱiwaŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fáng	fàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong4	fong6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m-p]aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*baŋ/, /*baŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	防
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fáng
Middle Chinese	‹ bjang ›
Old Chinese	/*[m-p]aŋ/
English	dike
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	防	防
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3053	3059
Phonetic component	方	方
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	房	防
Old Chinese	/*baŋ/	/*baŋs/

Definitions

防

1. (literary, or in compounds) dam; embankment

   • 稻人掌稼下地，以瀦畜水，以防止水。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     稻人掌稼下地，以潴畜水，以防止水。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Dàorén zhǎng jià xiàdì, yǐ zhū xù shuǐ, yǐ fáng zhǐ shuǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (obsolete) fortress; stronghold
3. (obsolete) to dam; to block; to build an embankment

   • 防民之口，甚於防川。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     防民之口，甚于防川。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE

     Fáng mín zhī kǒu, shèn yú fáng chuān. [Pinyin]

     To blocking people's mouths is worse than to block a river.

4. to prevent; to guard against

   防癌  ―  fáng'ái  ―  to prevent cancer

   這種人不得不防。 [MSC, trad.]
   这种人不得不防。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè zhǒng rén bùdé bù fáng. [Pinyin]

   You must guard against people like this.

5. (literary, or in compounds) to defend; to safeguard

   防線／防线  ―  fángxiàn  ―  line of defense

   • 或從十五北防河，便至四十西營田。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     或从十五北防河，便至四十西营田。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, 杜甫 (Du Fu), 《兵車行》 (The Army Wagons: A Ballad); translated by Stephen Owen

     Huò cóng shíwǔ běi fáng hé, biàn zhì sìshí xī yíngtián. [Pinyin]

     Some from the age of fifteen are north guarding the River, then as soon as they reach forty they work military settlements in the west.

6. (literary, or in compounds) matters pertaining to defense

   邊防／边防  ―  biānfáng  ―  border defense

   國防／国防  ―  guófáng  ―  national defense

7. a surname

Synonyms

• (dam):

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• 堤
• 堤堰 (dīyàn)
• 堤壩 / 堤坝 (dībà)
• 堤岸 (dī'àn)
• 堤防 (dīfáng)
• 塘 (táng)
• 大壩 / 大坝 (dàbà)
• 水壩 / 水坝 (shuǐbà)

• (to prevent):

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• 候防 (Puxian Min)
• 免除 (miǎnchú)
• 嚴防 / 严防 (yánfáng)
• 戒備 / 戒备 (jièbèi)
• 提防
• 謹防 / 谨防 (jǐnfáng)
• 避 (bì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 避免 (bìmiǎn)
• 防備 / 防备 (fángbèi)
• 防止 (fángzhǐ)
• 防範 / 防范 (fángfàn)
• 阻止 (zǔzhǐ)
• 預備 / 预备 (yùbèi) (literary)
• 預防 / 预防 (yùfáng)

• (to defend):

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• 保衛 / 保卫 (bǎowèi)
• 呵護 / 呵护 (hēhù)
• 守 (shǒu)
• 守候 (shǒuhòu)
• 守衛 / 守卫 (shǒuwèi)
• 守護 / 守护 (shǒuhù)
• 張持 / 张持 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 戍衛 / 戍卫 (shùwèi)
• 捍衛 / 捍卫 (hànwèi)
• 看護 / 看护 (kānhù)
• 衛護 / 卫护 (wèihù)
• 護衛 / 护卫 (hùwèi)
• 防守 (fángshǒu)
• 防衛 / 防卫 (fángwèi)

• (matters pertaining to defense): 防務／防务 (fángwù)

Compounds

• 三防 (sānfáng)
• 不提防
• 不防 (bùfáng)
• 不防頭 / 不防头
• 不隄防
• 以防萬一 / 以防万一 (yǐfángwànyī)
• 保密防諜 / 保密防谍
• 保防
• 保防網 / 保防网
• 保防軍官 / 保防军官
• 偵防 / 侦防
• 冬防
• 冷不防 (lěngbùfáng)
• 前進防衛 / 前进防卫
• 區域聯防 / 区域联防
• 協防 / 协防
• 吃飯防噎 / 吃饭防噎
• 嚴防 / 严防 (yánfáng)
• 回防
• 國防 / 国防 (guófáng)
• 國防化學 / 国防化学
• 國防大學 / 国防大学
• 國防科學 / 国防科学
• 國防部 / 国防部 (guófángbù)
• 國防體制 / 国防体制
• 國防體育 / 国防体育
• 城防 (chéngfáng)
• 堤防 (dīfáng)
• 官防
• 家賊難防 / 家贼难防 (jiāzéinánfáng)
• 島嶼防線 / 岛屿防线
• 布防 (bùfáng)
• 心防 (xīnfáng)
• 慎防
• 慎防杜漸 / 慎防杜渐
• 打官防
• 措不及防
• 接防
• 提防
• 換防 / 换防 (huànfáng)
• 撤防 (chèfáng)
• 操防
• 攻防 (gōngfáng)
• 智防
• 暗箭難防 / 暗箭难防
• 杜微慎防
• 杜漸防微 / 杜渐防微
• 杜漸防萌 / 杜渐防萌
• 核子防護 / 核子防护
• 民防 (mínfáng)
• 決防 / 决防
• 河防
• 海岸防線 / 海岸防线
• 消防 (xiāofáng)
• 海防 (hǎifáng)
• 消防員 / 消防员 (xiāofángyuán)
• 海防林
• 消防栓 (xiāofángshuān)
• 消防署 (xiāofángshǔ)
• 消防設備 / 消防设备
• 消防車 / 消防车 (xiāofángchē)
• 消防隊 / 消防队 (xiāofángduì)
• 火災消防 / 火灾消防
• 猝不及防 (cùbùjífáng)
• 猛不防
• 生物防治 (shēngwù fángzhì)
• 盯人防守
• 知覺防衛 / 知觉防卫
• 禮防 / 礼防
• 移防 (yífáng)
• 積穀防饑 / 积谷防饥 (jīgǔfángjī)
• 空防 (kōngfáng)
• 緊防 / 紧防
• 聯防 / 联防 (liánfáng)
• 設防 / 设防 (shèfáng)
• 調防 / 调防 (diàofáng)
• 謹防 / 谨防 (jǐnfáng)
• 豫防 (yùfáng)
• 巡防
• 巡防營 / 巡防营
• 巡防艦 / 巡防舰 (xúnfángjiàn)
• 返防
• 遏漸防萌 / 遏渐防萌
• 過當防衛 / 过当防卫
• 邊防 / 边防 (biānfáng)
• 邊防軍 / 边防军 (biānfángjūn)
• 關防 / 关防 (guānfáng)
• 防不勝防 / 防不胜防 (fángbùshèngfáng)
• 防備 / 防备 (fángbèi)
• 防凌
• 防凍 / 防冻 (fángdòng)
• 防制
• 防務 / 防务 (fángwù)
• 防區 / 防区
• 防固
• 防地
• 防坦克砲 / 防坦克炮
• 防堵 (fángdǔ)
• 防塵 / 防尘 (fángchén)
• 防嫌
• 防守 (fángshǒu)
• 防寒服
• 防寫口 / 防写口
• 防川 (Fángchuān, “Fangchuan”)
• 防弊除害
• 防彈 / 防弹 (fángdàn)
• 防彈衣 / 防弹衣 (fángdànyī)
• 防微慮遠 / 防微虑远
• 防微杜漸 / 防微杜渐 (fángwēidùjiàn)
• 防患未然 (fánghuànwèirán)
• 防意如城
• 防旱 (fánghàn)
• 防晒油 (fángshàiyóu)
• 防暑 (fángshǔ)
• 防暑降溫 / 防暑降温
• 防暴 (fángbào)
• 防有鵲巢 / 防有鹊巢
• 防止 (fángzhǐ)
• 防毒 (fángdú)
• 防毒面具 (fángdú miànjù)
• 防水 (fángshuǐ)
• 防水材料
• 防水漆
• 防水表
• 防水錶 / 防水表
• 防汛 (fángxùn)
• 防沙
• 防沙堤
• 防沙林
• 防治 (fángzhì)
• 防波堤 (fángbōdī)
• 防洪 (fánghóng)
• 防澇 / 防涝 (fánglào)
• 防潮 (fángcháo)
• 防濕 / 防湿 (fángshī)
• 防火 (fánghuǒ)
• 防火建材
• 防火牆 / 防火墙 (fánghuǒqiáng)
• 防火系統 / 防火系统
• 防火設備 / 防火设备
• 防災 / 防灾 (fángzāi)
• 防特
• 防疫 (fángyì)
• 防病
• 防癆 / 防痨
• 防癌 (fáng'ái)
• 防盜 / 防盗 (fángdào)
• 防盜器 / 防盗器
• 防盜門 / 防盗门
• 防磁
• 防禦 / 防御 (fángyù)
• 防禦戰 / 防御战 (fángyùzhàn)
• 防秋
• 防空 (fángkōng)
• 防空壕 (fángkōngháo)
• 防空洞 (fángkōngdòng)
• 防空演習 / 防空演习
• 防空節 / 防空节
• 防空雷達 / 防空雷达
• 防空飛彈 / 防空飞弹
• 防範 / 防范 (fángfàn)
• 防範得宜 / 防范得宜
• 防範未然 / 防范未然
• 防線 / 防线 (fángxiàn)
• 防縮 / 防缩
• 防老
• 防腐 (fángfǔ)
• 防腐劑 / 防腐剂 (fángfǔjì)
• 防臭劑 / 防臭剂 (fángchòujì)
• 防芽遏萌
• 防萌杜漸 / 防萌杜渐
• 防蔽耳目
• 防蝕劑 / 防蚀剂
• 防蟲 / 防虫 (fángchóng)
• 防衛 / 防卫 (fángwèi)
• 防衛作用 / 防卫作用
• 防衛方式 / 防卫方式
• 防衛權 / 防卫权
• 防衛過當 / 防卫过当
• 防裂
• 防諜 / 防谍 (fángdié)
• 防護 / 防护 (fánghù)
• 防護團 / 防护团
• 防護堤 / 防护堤
• 防護林 / 防护林 (fánghùlín)
• 防身 (fángshēn)
• 防送人
• 防送公人
• 防避
• 防鏽 / 防锈
• 防閑 / 防闲
• 防阻
• 防除
• 防雨布 (fángyǔbù)
• 防震
• 防震設計 / 防震设计
• 防霜林
• 防音牆 / 防音墙
• 防頭 / 防头
• 防風 / 防风 (fángfēng)
• 防風林 / 防风林 (fángfēnglín)
• 防風障 / 防风障
• 防颱 / 防台
• 隄防
• 預防 / 预防 (yùfáng)
• 預防接種 / 预防接种
• 預防注射 / 预防注射
• 預防醫學 / 预防医学
• 預防針 / 预防针 (yùfángzhēn)
• 駐防 / 驻防 (zhùfáng)
• 駐防地 / 驻防地

Further reading

• “防”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 防

防

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. dam, embankment
2. prevent, anti-, -proof
3. defend

Readings

• Go-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kun: ふせぐ (fusegu, 防ぐ, Jōyō)、つつみ (tsutsumi)

Compounds

dam, embankment

• 堤(てい)防(ぼう) (teibō)

prevent, anti-, -proof

Derived terms

• 防(ぼう)音(おん) (bōon, “soundproof”)
• 防(ぼう)火(か) (bōka, “fireproof”)
• 防(ぼう)寒(かん)具(ぐ) (bōkangu)
• 防(ぼう)空(くう) (bōkū)
• 防(ぼう)災(さい) (bōsai)
• 防(ぼう)止(し) (bōshi, “prevention”)
• 防(ぼう)臭(しゅう) (bōshū, “deodorant”)
• 防(ぼう)銹(しゅう) (bōshū, “rustproof”)
• 防(ぼう)水(すい) (bōsui, “waterproof”)
• 防(ぼう)弾(だん) (bōdan)
• 防(ぼう)虫(ちゅう) (bōchū)
• 防(ぼう)毒(どく) (bōdoku)
• 防(ぼう)犯(はん) (bōhan)
• 防(ぼう)腐(ふ)剤(ざい) (bōfuzai)
• 防(ぼう)風(ふう) (bōfū, “windproof”)
• 防(ぼう)風(ふう)林(りん) (bōfūrin)
• 予(よ)防(ぼう) (yobō, “prevention”)

defend

Derived terms

• 防(ぼう)衛(えい) (bōei, “defense (army)”)
• 防(ぼう)御(ぎょ) (bōgyo, “defense”)
• 防(ぼう)具(ぐ) (bōgu)
• 防(ぼう)護(ご) (bōgo, “protection”)
• 攻(こう)防(ぼう) (kōbō, “offense and defense”)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [방]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

防

防 (eumhun 막을 방 (mageul bang))

1. hanja form^? of 방 (“dam, embankment”)
2. hanja form^? of 방 (“prevent, anti-, -proof”)
3. hanja form^? of 방 (“defend”)

Compounds

• 방어 (防禦, bang'eo, “defense”)
• 방수 (防水, bangsu, “waterproof”)
• 방음 (防音, bang'eum, “soundproof”)
• 방화 (防火, banghwa, “fireproof”)
• 방탄 (防彈, bangtan, “bulletproof”)
• 방범 (防犯, bangbeom, “prevention of crime”)

Vietnamese

Han character

防: Hán Nôm readings: phòng

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Compounds

• phòng bệnh (防病)