| 718 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 812 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 791 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 325 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4980 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 680 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 983 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 374 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 513 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 522 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 781 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 725 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 320 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 203 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 242 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1311 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41576 | Morohashi |
| 270 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6429 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1302 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1399 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 326 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 674 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
331 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 防衛施設庁 【ボウエイシセツチョウ】 (Japanese) Defense Facilities Administration Agency (Defence)
- 防衛 【ボウエイ】 defense, defence, protection
- 砂防 【サボウ】 erosion control
- 攻防 【コウボウ】 offense and defense, offence and defence
Kun reading compounds
- 防ぐ 【ふせぐ】 to defend against, to protect against, to prevent, to avert, to avoid
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あた、 う、 ほう
- Korean:
- bang
Spanish
- defender
- proteger
- aguantar
- prevenir
- presa
- banco
Portuguese
- desligar
- defender
- proteger
- resistir
French
- prévenir (un danger)
- défendre
- protéger
- résister
| 3645 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 1-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 7022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9632 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1231 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 潮流 【チョウリュウ】 tide, tidal current, tendency, drift, trend
- 潮位 【チョウイ】 tide level
- 思潮 【シチョウ】 trend of thought
- 退潮 【タイチョウ】 ebb tide, waning fortunes
Kun reading compounds
- 潮 【しお】 tide, current, sea water, opportunity, chance, thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
- 潮風 【しおかぜ】 salty sea breeze, salt wind
- 黒潮 【くろしお】 Kuroshio Current, Japan Current
- 赤潮 【あかしお】 red tide
- 潮 【しお】 tide, current, sea water, opportunity, chance, thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
- 潮汁 【うしおじる】 thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
- 夕潮 【ゆうしお】 evening tide
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いた
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- agua de mar
- marea
- tendencia
- oportunidad
Portuguese
- maré
- água salgada
- oportunidade
French
- marée
- eau salée
- opportunité
| 952 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 941 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1105 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2702 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 980 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1504 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2275 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 468 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 476 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1508 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1252 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 916 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 516 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 675 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 143 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18277P | Morohashi |
| 739 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3336 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 141 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 152 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 988 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 346 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a12.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 3712.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6f6e | Unicode hex code |