衛

See also 卫

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 行 + phonetic 韋

Han character

衛 (radical 144 行+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹人木手弓 (HODQN), four-corner 2122₇)

1. guard, protect, defend

References

• KangXi: page 1109, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34073
• Dae Jaweon: page 1574, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 845, character 4
• Unihan data for U+885B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

衛 (simplified 卫, Yale wai6)

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Japanese

Kanji

衛 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: えい (ei), え (e)
• Kun: まもる (mamoru), まもり (mamori)

Proper noun

衛 (hiragana まもる, romaji Mamoru)

1. A male given name

Synonyms

• 仗

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Korean

Hanja

衛 (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

衛 (vệ, về)