衛

衛 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+9 in Chinese, 行+10 in Japanese, 15 strokes in Chinese, 16 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 竹人木手弓 (HODQN), four-corner 2122₁ or 2150₆, composition ⿴行韋 or ⿲彳韋亍)

• 讆 躗 㦣 𡓎

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

Historical forms of the character 衛
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷads) : semantic 行 + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl).

衛

1. to guard; to protect; to defend
2. security guard
3. (～國) the State of Wey during the Zhou dynasty, located in modern-day northeastern Henan province
4. Short for 衛生／卫生 (wèishēng, “hygiene; health”).
5. Short for 衛生間／卫生间 (wèishēngjiān, “toilet; bathroom”).
6. (astronomy) satellite (in satellite names)

   土衛六／土卫六  ―  Tǔwèiliù  ―  Titan

7. a surname

   衛立煌／卫立煌  ―  Wèi Lìhuáng  ―  Wei Lihuang (Chinese general who served the Nationalist government)

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03704

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 衞)

1. defense
2. protection

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: えい (ei, Jōyō)^{←ゑい (wei, historical)}
• Kun: まもる (mamoru, 衛る); まもり (mamori)

From Middle Chinese 衛 (MC hjwejH).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

• IPA^(key): [e̞ː]

衛(えい) • (ei) ^{←ゑい (wei)?}

1. defend; protect; guard

衛(えい) • (Ei) ^{←ゑい (wei)?}

1. (historical) Wey (state)

From Middle Chinese 衛 (MC hjwejH).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

• IPA^(key): [e̞]

衛(え) • (e) ^{←ゑ (we)?}

1. (rare) defend; protect; guard

衛(まもる) • (Mamoru) 

1. a male given name

衛 (eumhun 지킬 위 (jikil wi))

1. Hanja form^? of 위 (“protection”).

• 호위 (護衛, howi, “defender; guardian; guard; escort”)
• 위생 (衛生, wisaeng, “hygiene, sanitary, health”)

衛: Hán Nôm readings: vệ, về

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