衛

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Han character

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

1. guard, protect, defend

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

衛 (simplified 卫, Yale wai6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

衛 (grade 5 kanji)

[edit] Readings

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

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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