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

Speed

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
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

12 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
cold
Kun:
さむ.い
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1456 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寒 【カン】 midwinter, cold season, coldest days of the year
  • 寒気 【サムケ】 chill, the shivers, shivering fit, cold, coldness, cold air
  • 悪寒 【オカン】 chill, shakes, ague
  • 防寒 【ボウカン】 protection against cold

Kun reading compounds

  • 寒い 【さむい】 cold (e.g. weather), uninteresting (esp. joke), lame, dull, weak, corny

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 さん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
han2
Korean:
han

Spanish

  • frío
  • desolado

Portuguese

  • Frio

French

  • froid (temps)
175 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
263 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
245 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1322 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
831 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
159 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1714 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
457 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
464 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
120 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
490 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2894 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1490 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2011 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1540 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7239X Morohashi
2311 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1350 New Nelson (John Haig)
1526 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1645 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
393 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
740 2001 Kanji
3m9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
3030.3 Four corner code
1-20-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bd2 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
Variants:
cap, headgear
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1742 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 帽 【ボウ】 hat, cap
  • 帽子 【ボウシ】 hat, cap
  • 水泳帽 【スイエイボウ】 swimming or bathing cap
  • 海水帽 【カイスイボウ】 bathing cap, swimcap

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mao4
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • sombrero
  • gorra
  • tocado

Portuguese

  • boné
  • chapéu

French

  • casquette
  • couvre-chef
1816 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1556 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1483 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1105 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
500 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1105 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1157 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1279 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
569 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
693 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
416 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
522 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
415 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8972 Morohashi
568 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1573 New Nelson (John Haig)
408 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
436 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1525 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1679 2001 Kanji
3f9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4626.0 Four corner code
1-43-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e3d Unicode hex code