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

21 strokes
Radical:
rain
Parts:
dew, tears, expose, Russia
Kun:
つゆ
On:
ロウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
928 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 露 【ロ】 Russia
  • 露骨 【ロコツ】 open, unconcealed, undisguised, blatant, plain, frank, broad, lewd, indecent, crude
  • 吐露 【トロ】 expressing one's mind, speaking out
  • 発露 【ハツロ】 appearance, expression, manifestation
  • 露宇 【ロウ】 Russia and Ukraine
  • 襲名披露 【シュウメイヒロウ】 announcing the succession to another's stage name
  • 新序出世披露 【シンジョシュッセヒロウ】 presenting of new wrestlers to audience

Kun reading compounds

  • 露 【つゆ】 dew, tears, (not) a bit, (not) at all
  • 露払い 【つゆはらい】 person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc., outrider, harbinger, forerunner, opening performer, sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony
  • 朝露 【あさつゆ】 morning dew
  • 下露 【したつゆ】 dew under (dripping from) trees

Readings

Japanese names:
や、 ゆ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu4, lou4
Korean:
ro

Spanish

  • rocío
  • relente
  • exponer
  • mostrar
  • sereno
  • Rusia

Portuguese

  • orvalho
  • lágrimas
  • mortalidade
  • fragilidade

French

  • rosée
  • larmes
  • dévoiler
  • Russie
1935 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1144 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5069 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1074 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1894 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2941 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
951 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
981 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
846 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1870 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3495 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1803 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2454 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1291 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42463 Morohashi
2818 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6549 New Nelson (John Haig)
1283 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1377 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1940 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3177 2001 Kanji
8d13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-13 SKIP code
1016.4 Four corner code
1-47-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9732 Unicode hex code