# 防

| 防 | U+9632, &#38450; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9632 |
| ← 阱 [U+9631] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 阳 → [U+9633] |

## Translingual
### Han character

防 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+4, 7 strokes in traditional Chinese, 6 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 弓中卜竹尸 (NLYHS), four-corner 7022$_7$, composition ⿰阝方)

#### Derived characters

* 𭰤, 𫕗, 𩗧, 𪁢, 埅

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1347, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41576
* Dae Jaweon: page 1848, character 25
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4118, character 1
* Unihan data for U+9632

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 縍 | *paːŋ |
| 榜 | *paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ |
| 蒡 | *paːŋʔ, *braːŋ |
| 牓 | *paːŋʔ |
| 螃 | *paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ |
| 搒 | *paːŋs, *braːŋ |
| 舫 | *paːŋs, *paŋs |
| 謗 | *paːŋs |
| 雱 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 磅 | *pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ |
| 霶 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 滂 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 鎊 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 髈 | *pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ |
| 彷 | *baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ |
| 趽 | *baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs |
| 房 | *baːŋ, *baŋ |
| 篣 | *baːŋ, *braːŋ |
| 騯 | *baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ |
| 傍 | *baːŋ, *baːŋs |
| 膀 | *baːŋ |
| 旁 | *baːŋ |
| 徬 | *baːŋs |
| 閍 | *praːŋ |
| 祊 | *praːŋ |
| 嗙 | *praːŋ |
| 方 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 汸 | *paŋ |
| 坊 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 邡 | *paŋ, *pʰaŋs |
| 枋 | *paŋ |
| 鈁 | *paŋ |
| 蚄 | *paŋ |
| 肪 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 鴋 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 牥 | *paŋ |
| 昉 | *paŋʔ |
| 瓬 | *paŋʔ |
| 放 | *paŋʔ, *paŋs |
| 倣 | *paŋʔ |
| 芳 | *pʰaŋ |
| 淓 | *pʰaŋ |
| 妨 | *pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs |
| 紡 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 仿 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 髣 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 鶭 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 訪 | *pʰaŋs |
| 防 | *baŋ, *baŋs |
| 魴 | *baŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *baŋ, *baŋs) : semantic 阝 + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): fáng (fang$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fang$^2$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): fáng
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): fán
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fong$^4$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): fong$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fong$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fong$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fòng
    (Hailu, HRS): fong
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fong$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): fon$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): bǒ̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): hòng / huòng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huang$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): bhang$^5$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): fung$^4$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^6$baon / $^2$baon / $^2$ban / $^6$vaon / $^2$vaon
** (Jinhua): $^2$vaon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fáng
*** Wade–Giles: fang$^2$
*** Yale: fáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farng
*** Palladius: фан (fan)
*** Sinological IPA : /fɑŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fang$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fang
*** Sinological IPA : /faŋ²¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: fáng
*** Sinological IPA : /faŋ²⁴/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: fán
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): fan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fã²⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fong$^4$
*** Yale: fòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔːŋ²¹/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: fong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔŋ²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔŋ²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔŋ³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: fong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: fong
*** Sinological IPA: /foŋ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fɔŋ¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: fon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /fɒ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǒ̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hòng / huòng
*** Sinological IPA : /houŋ⁵³/, /huoŋ⁵³/
* hòng - vernacular;
* huòng - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit防 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /fɑŋ³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /faŋ²⁴/ ～備 /faŋ²¹³/ 國～ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /fɑŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /faŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /faŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /faŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /faŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /fɔ̃²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /fɑŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /fɑ̃⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /fɑŋ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /faŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /faŋ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /faŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /fã̠³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /faŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /fɑ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /fɒ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /xuɑŋ¹³/ /xuə¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /fɑ̃³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /bɑ̃²³/ /vɑ̃²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /bɑ̃¹³/ /vɑ̃¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /bɑŋ²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ɦuɔ³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /fo⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /fau⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /fan¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɦɔn¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /fɔŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /foŋ¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /foŋ¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /fɔŋ²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /fɔŋ²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /fɔŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hɔŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /houŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pɔŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /huaŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /faŋ³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: bjang, bjangH
Rime :
| Character | 防 | 防 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 符方切 | 符況切 |
| Baxter | bjang | bjangH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bʉɐŋ/ | /bʉɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷiɐŋ/ | /bʷiɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuɑŋ/ | /biuɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buaŋ/ | /buaŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /biuaŋ/ | /biuaŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭwaŋ/ | /bĭwaŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱiwaŋ/ | /bʱiwaŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fáng | fàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fong$^4$ | fong$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m-p]aŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*baŋ/, /*baŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 防 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fáng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjang › |
| Old Chinese | /*[m-p]aŋ/ |
| English | dike |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 防 | 防 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 3053 | 3059 |
| Phonetic component | 方 | 方 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 房 | 防 |
| Old Chinese | /*baŋ/ | /*baŋs/ |

### Definitions

防
* (literary, or in compounds) dam; embankment
    From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3rd century BCE
    Dàorén zhǎng jià xiàdì, yǐ zhū xù shuǐ, yǐ fáng zhǐ shuǐ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (obsolete) fortress; stronghold
* (obsolete) to dam; to block; to build an embankment
    From: Guoyu, circa 4th century BCE
    Fáng mín zhī kǒu, shèn yú fáng chuān. [Pinyin]
    To blocking people's mouths is worse than to block a river.
* to prevent; to guard against
    防癌 ― fáng'ái ― to prevent cancer
       Zhè zhǒng rén bùdé bù fáng. [Pinyin]
       You must guard against people like this.
* (literary, or in compounds) to defend; to safeguard
    防線／防线 ― fángxiàn ― line of defense
    From: 8th century, 杜甫 (Du Fu), 《兵車行》 (The Army Wagons: A Ballad); translated by Stephen Owen
    Huò cóng shíwǔ běi fáng hé, biàn zhì sìshí xī yíngtián. [Pinyin]
    Some from the age of fifteen are north guarding the River, then as soon as they reach forty they work military settlements in the west.
* (literary, or in compounds) matters pertaining to defense
    邊防／边防 ― biānfáng ― border defense
    國防／国防 ― guófáng ― national defense
* a surname

#### Synonyms

* (dam):
* 堤
* 堤堰 (dīyàn)
* 堤壩 / 堤坝 (dībà)
* 堤岸 (dī'àn)
* 堤防 (dīfáng)
* 塘 (táng)
* 大壩 / 大坝 (dàbà)
* 水壩 / 水坝 (shuǐbà)
* (to prevent):
* 候防 (Puxian Min)
* 免除 (miǎnchú)
* 嚴防 / 严防 (yánfáng)
* 戒備 / 戒备 (jièbèi)
* 提防
* 謹防 / 谨防 (jǐnfáng)
* 避 (bì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 避免 (bìmiǎn)
* 防備 / 防备 (fángbèi)
* 防止 (fángzhǐ)
* 防範 / 防范 (fángfàn)
* 阻止 (zǔzhǐ)
* 預備 / 预备 (yùbèi) (literary)
* 預防 / 预防 (yùfáng)
* (to defend):
* 保衛 / 保卫 (bǎowèi)
* 呵護 / 呵护 (hēhù)
* 守 (shǒu)
* 守候 (shǒuhòu)
* 守衛 / 守卫 (shǒuwèi)
* 守護 / 守护 (shǒuhù)
* 張持 / 张持 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 戍衛 / 戍卫 (shùwèi)
* 捍衛 / 捍卫 (hànwèi)
* 看護 / 看护 (kānhù)
* 衛護 / 卫护 (wèihù)
* 護衛 / 护卫 (hùwèi)
* 防守 (fángshǒu)
* 防衛 / 防卫 (fángwèi)
* (matters pertaining to defense): 防務／防务 (fángwù)

#### Compounds

* 三防 (sānfáng)
* 不提防
* 不防 (bùfáng)
* 不防頭 / 不防头
* 不隄防
* 以防萬一 / 以防万一 (yǐfángwànyī)
* 保密防諜 / 保密防谍
* 保防
* 保防網 / 保防网
* 保防軍官 / 保防军官
* 偵防 / 侦防
* 冬防
* 冷不防 (lěngbùfáng)
* 前進防衛 / 前进防卫
* 區域聯防 / 区域联防
* 協防 / 协防
* 吃飯防噎 / 吃饭防噎
* 嚴防 / 严防 (yánfáng)
* 回防
* 國防 / 国防 (guófáng)
* 國防化學 / 国防化学
* 國防大學 / 国防大学
* 國防科學 / 国防科学
* 國防部 / 国防部 (guófángbù)
* 國防體制 / 国防体制
* 國防體育 / 国防体育
* 城防 (chéngfáng)
* 堤防 (dīfáng)
* 官防
* 家賊難防 / 家贼难防 (jiāzéinánfáng)
* 島嶼防線 / 岛屿防线
* 布防 (bùfáng)
* 心防
* 慎防
* 慎防杜漸 / 慎防杜渐
* 打官防
* 措不及防
* 接防
* 提防
* 換防 / 换防 (huànfáng)
* 撤防 (chèfáng)
* 操防
* 攻防 (gōngfáng)
* 智防
* 暗箭難防 / 暗箭难防
* 杜微慎防
* 杜漸防微 / 杜渐防微
* 杜漸防萌 / 杜渐防萌
* 核子防護 / 核子防护
* 民防 (mínfáng)
* 決防 / 决防
* 河防
* 海岸防線 / 海岸防线
* 消防 (xiāofáng)
* 海防 (hǎifáng)
* 消防員 / 消防员 (xiāofángyuán)
* 海防林
* 消防栓 (xiāofángshuān)
* 消防署 (xiāofángshǔ)
* 消防設備 / 消防设备
* 消防車 / 消防车 (xiāofángchē)
* 消防隊 / 消防队 (xiāofángduì)
* 火災消防 / 火灾消防
* 猝不及防 (cùbùjífáng)
* 猛不防
* 生物防治 (shēngwù fángzhì)
* 盯人防守
* 知覺防衛 / 知觉防卫
* 禮防 / 礼防
* 移防 (yífáng)
* 積穀防饑 / 积谷防饥 (jīgǔfángjī)
* 空防 (kōngfáng)
* 緊防 / 紧防
* 聯防 / 联防 (liánfáng)
* 設防 / 设防 (shèfáng)
* 調防 / 调防 (diàofáng)
* 謹防 / 谨防 (jǐnfáng)
* 豫防 (yùfáng)
* 巡防
* 巡防營 / 巡防营
* 巡防艦 / 巡防舰 (xúnfángjiàn)
* 返防
* 遏漸防萌 / 遏渐防萌
* 過當防衛 / 过当防卫
* 邊防 / 边防 (biānfáng)
* 邊防軍 / 边防军 (biānfángjūn)
* 關防 / 关防 (guānfáng)
* 防不勝防 / 防不胜防 (fángbùshèngfáng)
* 防備 / 防备 (fángbèi)
* 防凌
* 防凍 / 防冻 (fángdòng)
* 防制
* 防務 / 防务 (fángwù)
* 防區 / 防区
* 防固
* 防地
* 防坦克砲 / 防坦克炮
* 防堵 (fángdǔ)
* 防塵 / 防尘 (fángchén)
* 防嫌
* 防守 (fángshǒu)
* 防寒服
* 防寫口 / 防写口
* 防川 (Fángchuān, “Fangchuan”)
* 防弊除害
* 防彈 / 防弹 (fángdàn)
* 防彈衣 / 防弹衣 (fángdànyī)
* 防微慮遠 / 防微虑远
* 防微杜漸 / 防微杜渐 (fángwēidùjiàn)
* 防患未然 (fánghuànwèirán)
* 防意如城
* 防旱 (fánghàn)
* 防晒油 (fángshàiyóu)
* 防暑 (fángshǔ)
* 防暑降溫 / 防暑降温
* 防暴 (fángbào)
* 防有鵲巢 / 防有鹊巢
* 防止 (fángzhǐ)
* 防毒 (fángdú)
* 防毒面具 (fángdú miànjù)
* 防水 (fángshuǐ)
* 防水材料
* 防水漆
* 防水表
* 防水錶 / 防水表
* 防汛 (fángxùn)
* 防沙
* 防沙堤
* 防沙林
* 防治 (fángzhì)
* 防波堤 (fángbōdī)
* 防洪 (fánghóng)
* 防澇 / 防涝 (fánglào)
* 防潮 (fángcháo)
* 防濕 / 防湿 (fángshī)
* 防火 (fánghuǒ)
* 防火建材
* 防火牆 / 防火墙 (fánghuǒqiáng)
* 防火系統 / 防火系统
* 防火設備 / 防火设备
* 防災 / 防灾 (fángzāi)
* 防特
* 防疫 (fángyì)
* 防病
* 防癆 / 防痨
* 防癌 (fáng'ái)
* 防盜 / 防盗 (fángdào)
* 防盜器 / 防盗器
* 防盜門 / 防盗门
* 防磁
* 防禦 / 防御 (fángyù)
* 防禦戰 / 防御战 (fángyùzhàn)
* 防秋
* 防空 (fángkōng)
* 防空壕 (fángkōngháo)
* 防空洞 (fángkōngdòng)
* 防空演習 / 防空演习
* 防空節 / 防空节
* 防空雷達 / 防空雷达
* 防空飛彈 / 防空飞弹
* 防範 / 防范 (fángfàn)
* 防範得宜 / 防范得宜
* 防範未然 / 防范未然
* 防線 / 防线 (fángxiàn)
* 防縮 / 防缩
* 防老
* 防腐 (fángfǔ)
* 防腐劑 / 防腐剂 (fángfǔjì)
* 防臭劑 / 防臭剂 (fángchòujì)
* 防芽遏萌
* 防萌杜漸 / 防萌杜渐
* 防蔽耳目
* 防蝕劑 / 防蚀剂
* 防蟲 / 防虫 (fángchóng)
* 防衛 / 防卫 (fángwèi)
* 防衛作用 / 防卫作用
* 防衛方式 / 防卫方式
* 防衛權 / 防卫权
* 防衛過當 / 防卫过当
* 防裂
* 防諜 / 防谍 (fángdié)
* 防護 / 防护 (fánghù)
* 防護團 / 防护团
* 防護堤 / 防护堤
* 防護林 / 防护林 (fánghùlín)
* 防身 (fángshēn)
* 防送人
* 防送公人
* 防避
* 防鏽 / 防锈
* 防閑 / 防闲
* 防阻
* 防除
* 防雨布 (fángyǔbù)
* 防震
* 防震設計 / 防震设计
* 防霜林
* 防音牆 / 防音墙
* 防頭 / 防头
* 防風 / 防风 (fángfēng)
* 防風林 / 防风林 (fángfēnglín)
* 防風障 / 防风障
* 防颱 / 防台
* 隄防
* 預防 / 预防 (yùfáng)
* 預防接種 / 预防接种
* 預防注射 / 预防注射
* 預防醫學 / 预防医学
* 預防針 / 预防针 (yùfángzhēn)
* 駐防 / 驻防 (zhùfáng)
* 駐防地 / 驻防地

### Further reading

* “防”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* dam, embankment
* prevent, anti-, -proof
* defend

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō)
* Kun: ふせぐ (fusegu, 防ぐ, Jōyō)、つつみ (tsutsumi)

#### Compounds
##### dam, embankment

* 堤(てい)防(ぼう) (teibō)

##### prevent, anti-, -proof

* 防(ぼう)音(おん) (bōon, “soundproof”)
* 防(ぼう)火(か) (bōka, “fireproof”)
* 防(ぼう)寒(かん)具(ぐ) (bōkangu)
* 防(ぼう)空(くう) (bōkū)
* 防(ぼう)災(さい) (bōsai)
* 防(ぼう)止(し) (bōshi, “prevention”)
* 防(ぼう)臭(しゅう) (bōshū, “deodorant”)
* 防(ぼう)銹(しゅう) (bōshū, “rustproof”)
* 防(ぼう)水(すい) (bōsui, “waterproof”)
* 防(ぼう)弾(だん) (bōdan)
* 防(ぼう)虫(ちゅう) (bōchū)
* 防(ぼう)毒(どく) (bōdoku)
* 防(ぼう)犯(はん) (bōhan)
* 防(ぼう)腐(ふ)剤(ざい) (bōfuzai)
* 防(ぼう)風(ふう) (bōfū, “windproof”)
* 防(ぼう)風(ふう)林(りん) (bōfūrin)
* 予(よ)防(ぼう) (yobō, “prevention”)

##### defend

* 防(ぼう)衛(えい) (bōei, “defense (army)”)
* 防(ぼう)御(ぎょ) (bōgyo, “defense”)
* 防(ぼう)具(ぐ) (bōgu)
* 防(ぼう)護(ご) (bōgo, “protection”)
* 攻(こう)防(ぼう) (kōbō, “offense and defense”)

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [pa̠ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [방]

### Hanja

Wikisource 防 (eumhun 막을 방 (mageul bang))
* hanja form of 방 (“dam, embankment”)
* hanja form of 방 (“prevent, anti-, -proof”)
* hanja form of 방 (“defend”)

#### Compounds

* 방어 (防禦, bang'eo, “defense”)
* 방수 (防水, bangsu, “waterproof”)
* 방음 (防音, bang'eum, “soundproof”)
* 방화 (防火, banghwa, “fireproof”)
* 방탄 (防彈, bangtan, “bulletproof”)
* 방범 (防犯, bangbeom, “prevention of crime”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

防: Hán Nôm readings: phòng
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Compounds

* phòng bệnh (防病)