防
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to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 阜 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 防
- Common rank
- #389
- Unicode
- U+9632
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
ward off · Heisig RSH #1061
pinnacle + compass
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 防
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无 | refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you (proverb) | |
| 心理防线 | psychological defenses; mental resistance | |
| 生物防治 | biological control | |
| 防城区 | Fangcheng, a district of Fangchenggang City 防城港市[Fang2 cheng2 gang3 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 国防工业 | defense industry | |
| 防火长城 | Great Firewall of China (system for restricting access to foreign websites) | |
| 国防语言学院 | US Defense Language Institute (founded 1941) | |
| 国防色 | (Tw) khaki; military camouflage colors | |
| 国防部长 | Defense secretary; Defense Minister | |
| 防火道 | firebreak | |
| 人防 | civil air defence (abbr. for 人民防空[ren2 min2 fang2 kong1]) | |
| 国防 | national defense | |
| 防水 | waterproof | |
| 心防 | guardedness; wariness; mental defenses | |
| 中国国防科技信息中心 | China Defense Science and Technology Information Center (CDSTIC) | |
| 海防 | Haiphong, a major port city in northern Vietnam | |
| 海防 | coastal defense | |
| 防毒通道 | protective passageway | |
| 安防 | security (protection of people and property) (abbr. for 安全防范[an1 quan2 fang2 fan4]) | |
| 防长 | abbr. for 國防部長|国防部长[guo2 fang2 bu4 zhang3], Minister of Defense |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 方 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方 sound part | square, rectangle; side; region; flag | |
| 放 | to release, to liberate, to free | |
| 房 | building, house, room | |
| 访 | to visit; to inquire, to ask | |
| 旁 | side; beside, close, nearby | |
| 仿 | to imitate, to copy; fake; as if | |
| 坊 | neighborhood, district, community; street, lane; mill | |
| 芳 | fragrant; beautiful, virtuous | |
| 纺 | to spin, to weave, to reel | |
| 肪 | animal fat | |
| 妨 | damage, harm; to impede, to obstruct; to undermine | |
| 邡 | a district in Sichuan province | |
| 彷 | similar, alike; to resemble | |
| 舫 | yacht, fancy boat | |
| 昉 | dawn, daybreak; to appear | |
| 鲂 | bream | |
| 钫 | francium |