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防
fáng
1. to protect
2. to defend
3. to guard against
4. to prevent
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

防
fáng
to protect, to defend, to guard against
HSK 5 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

以防
yǐfáng
(so as) to avoid
严防
yánfáng
to take strict precautions
国防
guófáng
national defense
HSK 6
城防
chéngfáng
city defense
堤防
dīfáng
dike
增防
zēngfáng
to reinforce defenses
布防
bùfáng
to lay out a defense
提防
dīfáng
to guard against
换防
huànfáng
to relieve a garrison
攻防
gōngfáng
attack and defense
海防
hǎifáng
coastal defense
消防
xiāofáng
firefighting
HSK 6
空防
kōngfáng
air force
设防
shèfáng
to set up defenses
调防
diàofáng
to relieve a garrison
谨防
jǐnfáng
to guard against
边防
biānfáng
frontier defense
钜防
jùfáng
iron defense
关防
guānfáng
security measures (esp. border security)
防备
fángbèi
to guard against

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
547
Word Frequency Rank
1,190 of 84,292