卫

See also 衛

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 衛 (韋 → 卫)

Han character

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

1. guard, protect, defend

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

卫 (traditional 衛, Yale wai6)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

Compounds

• 卫生 (wèi shēng) hygienic