防

fáng

to protect

to defend; to guard against; to prevent

earthen wall (阝) + sound fáng (方) = guard and defend

The mound radical (阝) here represents an earthen wall or embankment — a physical barrier raised to keep danger out. 方 gives the sound fáng; the wall does the defensive work.

阝+方→防
方SquarePhonetic
阝Earthen moundSemantic

出门前记得防晒。

chū mén qián jì de fáng shài。

Remember to protect against the sun before going out.

我们要防止这种病在学校里传播。

wǒ men yào fáng zhǐ zhè zhǒng bìng zài xué xiào lǐ chuán bō。

We need to prevent this illness from spreading in the school.

Words with 防

防备

fáng bèi

to guard against

防止

fáng zhǐ

to prevent

预防

yù fáng

to prevent

防腐

fáng fǔ

rotproof

防城港市

fáng chéng gǎng shì

Fangchenggang, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]

以防万一

yǐ fáng wàn yī

to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case

人防

rén fáng

civil air defence (abbr. for 人民防空[ren2 min2 fang2 kong1])

边防

biān fáng

frontier defense

边防站

biān fáng zhàn

border station

边防警察

biān fáng jǐng chá

border police

边防军

biān fáng jūn

border guard

巨防

jù fáng

fortified gate

More characters with 阝

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