卫

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Mandarin 3.1 Hanzi 3.1.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Simplified from 衛 (韋 → 卫)

[edit] Han character

卫 (radical 26 卩+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 尸中一 (SLM))

1. guard, protect, defend

[edit] References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 76, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 50, character 4
• Unihan data for U+536B

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

卫 (traditional 衛, Yale wai6)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

卫 (traditional 衛, pinyin wèi (wei4), Wade-Giles wei⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 卫生 (wèi shēng) hygienic