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N2 7 strokes

prevent, defend · phòng ngừa

訓 ふせ(ぐ) ・ 音 ボウ

Sino-Vietnamese: phòng

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The left 阝 is an embankment or dike; 方 gives the sound bou. Pile up a dike before the flood arrives, and that is prevention: yobou (prevention), kokubou (defense).

At a glance

Sino-Vietnamese
phòng
On'yomi
ボウ
Kun'yomi
ふせ(ぐ)
Strokes
7
JLPT
N2

On'yomi

ボウ

Kun'yomi

ふせ(ぐ)
Sino-Vietnamese: phòng

Stroke order

Practice writing

Stroke data: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) — kanjivg.tagaini.net

Radical

Mound, city
3 strokes

Example sentences

手を洗って病気を防ぎましょう。 (てをあらってびょうきをふせぎましょう)

Let's wash our hands to prevent illness.