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
防御
fángyù
to defend; defence
Characters in this word
御 yù
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 卸 to unload
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这套防御体系能拦截多数低空目标，但成本极高。 Zhè tào fángyù tǐxì néng lánjié duōshù dīkōng mùbiāo, dàn chéngběn jí gāo. This defence system can intercept most low-altitude targets, but its cost is extremely high.
- 城墙高大结实，在古代起着重要的防御作用。 Chéngqiáng gāodà jiēshi, zài gǔdài qǐ zhe zhòngyào de fángyù zuòyòng. The city wall was tall and solid and played an important defensive role in ancient times.
- 人的免疫系统是身体最重要的防御力量。 Rén de miǎnyì xìtǒng shì shēntǐ zuì zhòngyào de fángyù lìliàng. The human immune system is the body's most important defensive force.
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
- 防范 fángfàn to guard against; to prevent
- 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