U+9632 "防" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
防
U+9632 "防" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese and Japanese kanji character primarily meaning "to prevent," "to guard against," or "to defend." It is composed of the radical "阝" (meaning "hill" or "mound," often associated with defensive earthworks or barriers) and the phonetic component "方" (meaning "square" or "direction"). In common usage across East Asian languages, it appears in words related to protection and caution, such as "防止" (to prevent) in Chinese and "防御" (defense) in Japanese, and it holds practical significance in contexts ranging from everyday safety to military terminology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9632 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 防 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 防 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x98 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9632 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009632 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9632 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A8BE |
| kCCCII | 215E6E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4B5F |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4B5F |
| kCangjie | NLYHS |
| kCantonese | fong4 |
| kCihaiT | 1415.103 |
| kCowles | 799 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1848.250 |
| kDefinition | defend; prevent; embankment |
| kEACC | 215E6E |
| kFanqie | 符方 符況 |
| kFenn | 261C |
| kFennIndex | 131.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7022.7 |
| kGB0 | 2332 |
| kGB1 | 2332 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0740z |
| kHangul | 방:0E |
| kHanYu | 64118.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | fáng(375) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64118.010:fáng |
| kHKGlyph | 4361 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1848.250 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64118.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1347.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3740 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A8BE |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4B49 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DDC9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5B41 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4B5F |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6A7E |
| kJapanese | ボウ ホウ ふせぐ つつみ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:576 |
| kJapaneseKun | FUSEGU TSUTSUMI |
| kJapaneseOn | BOU HOU |
| kJis0 | 4341 |
| kKangXi | 1347.050 |
| kKarlgren | 25 |
| kKorean | PANG |
| kLau | 722 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7089 |
| kMandarin | fáng |
| kMatthews | 1817 |
| kMeyerWempe | 537 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ027551 |
| kMorohashi | 41576 |
| kNelson | 4980 |
| kPhonetic | 373 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3703+70.4.3 C+3703+170.3.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 170.4 |
| kSBGY | 173.07 427.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 749.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | fáng粵fong4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7089 |
| kTang | *bhiɑng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 093.080:fáng |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | phòng |
| kXerox | 244:045 |
| kXHC1983 | 0308.050:fáng |