Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
ward off, defend, protect, resist
Kun:
ふせ.ぐ
On:
ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
331 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang2
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • defender
  • proteger
  • aguantar
  • prevenir
  • presa
  • banco

Portuguese

  • desligar
  • defender
  • proteger
  • resistir

French

  • prévenir (un danger)
  • défendre
  • protéger
  • résister
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)
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

5 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
crime, sin, offense
Kun:
おか.す
On:
ハンボン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
874 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 犯 【ハン】 perpetrators of (some) crime, (some type of) crime
  • 犯行 【ハンコウ】 crime, criminal act, offence, offense
  • 共犯 【キョウハン】 complicity
  • 防犯 【ボウハン】 prevention of crime, security (device, camera, etc.)
  • 違犯 【イハン】 offense (against the law), offence, violation
  • 重犯 【ジュウハン】 felony, major offence, felon, old offender

Kun reading compounds

  • 犯す 【おかす】 to commit (e.g. crime), to perpetrate, to make (e.g. mistake), to break (e.g. rule), to violate, to transgress, to contravene, to rape, to violate, to ravish, to deflower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan4
Korean:
beom

Spanish

  • crimen
  • delito
  • ofensa
  • cometer
  • perpetrar un delito
  • violar

Portuguese

  • crime
  • pecado
  • ofensa

French

  • crime
  • péché
  • délit
859 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
789 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
768 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
711 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2869 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
771 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
726 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
882 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
903 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1046 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1299 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
229 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
146 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
175 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1426 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20238 Morohashi
196 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3554 New Nelson (John Haig)
1414 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1517 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
652 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2956 2001 Kanji
3g2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
4721.2 Four corner code
1-40-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
72af Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
Variants:
lamp, a light, light, counter for lights
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1605 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 灯 【トウ】 light, lamp, counter for electric lights
  • 灯台 【トウダイ】 lighthouse, old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
  • 消灯 【ショウトウ】 putting out the lights, turning off the lights
  • 探海灯 【タンカイトウ】 searchlight

Kun reading compounds

  • 灯 【ひ】 light, lamp
  • 灯明かり 【ひあかり】 lamplight, torchlight
  • 灯火 【ともしび】 light, lamp, torch
  • 灯す 【ともす】 to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)
  • 明かり 【あかり】 light, illumination, glow, gleam, lamp, light
  • 明かりを消す 【あかりをけす】 to turn the lights off

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
deng1
Korean:
deung

Spanish

  • lámpara
  • luz
  • contador para luces

Portuguese

  • lâmpada
  • luz
  • sufixo p/ contagem de luzes

French

  • lampe
  • lumière
  • compteur de lampes
583 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
556 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1290 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2745 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
537 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
711 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1333 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1416 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
871 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1262 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1019 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
552 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
730 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
167 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18855 Morohashi
825 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3395 New Nelson (John Haig)
165 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
177 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
471 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1153 2001 Kanji
4d2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
1-1-5 SKIP code
9182.0 Four corner code
1-37-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
706f Unicode hex code