Kanji
N1 16 strokes Grade 5 freq #400

defense, protection

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

go gyōgamae

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF
defense; defence
(natural) satellite; moon
Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
hygiene; sanitation
self-defense; self-defence
Japanese Self-Defense Force official; Self-Defense Force official
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
communication satellite; Broadcast Satellite
Maritime Self Defense Forces (Defence)

Example sentences

The government asked the SDF for a disaster relief deployment to Okinawa.

The country seethed over the issue of national defense.

The man pleaded self-defence.

The moon is a satellite of the earth.