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

14 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
drip, drop
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
2019 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 滴 【テキ】 counter for drops of liquid
  • 滴下 【テキカ】 drip, drop, distill
  • 雨滴 【ウテキ】 raindrop
  • 数滴 【スウテキ】 several drops

Kun reading compounds

  • 滴 【しずく】 drop (e.g. of water), drip
  • 滴る 【したたる】 to drip, to drop, to trickle, to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di1
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • gota
  • goteo
  • contador para gotas
  • gotear

Portuguese

  • gota
  • gotejar

French

  • goutte
1626 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1750 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2674 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
706 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1446 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1539 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1504 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1244 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
866 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
499 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
640 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
449 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18084 Morohashi
705 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3299 New Nelson (John Haig)
442 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
474 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1713 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
349 2001 Kanji
3a11.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
3012.7 Four corner code
1-37-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6ef4 Unicode hex code