防 fáng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 方 square, rectangle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
防范
fángfàn
to guard against; to prevent
Characters in this word
范 fàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 氾 to flood, to inundate, to overflow
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 企业必须提前防范汇率波动，否则利润很容易被侵蚀。 Qǐyè bìxū tíqián fángfàn huìlǜ bōdòng, fǒuzé lìrùn hěn róngyì bèi qīnshí. Companies must guard against exchange-rate fluctuations in advance, otherwise profits can easily be eroded.
- 出门在外要注意防范小偷。 Chūmén zài wài yào zhùyì fángfàn xiǎotōu. When away from home, watch out for thieves.
- 冬天天气干燥，要特别防范火灾。 Dōngtiān tiānqì gānzào, yào tèbié fángfàn huǒzāi. Winter weather is dry, so take special precautions against fires.
Related words
- 防 fáng to guard against
- 防止 fángzhǐ to prevent
- 预防 yùfáng to prevent
- 防治 fángzhì to prevent and treat
- 消防 xiāofáng fire safety; firefighting
- 提防 dīfang to guard against; to beware of
- 防盗 fángdào anti-theft; to guard against theft
- 防护 fánghù to protect; protection
- 防火墙 fánghuǒqiáng firewall; fire wall
- 防守 fángshǒu to defend; defence
- 防卫 fángwèi to defend; self-defence
- 防汛 fángxùn flood prevention; to guard against floods