衞

See also: 衛 and 卫
衞 U+885E, 衞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885E
← 衝
[U+885D]
CJK Unified Ideographs 衟 →
[U+885F]

Translingual

Han character

衞 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹人木月弓 (HODBN), four-corner 21221, composition ⿴行𮧮 or ⿲彳𮧮亍)

Derived characters

  • 𨇙, 𥶽, 讏, 𧲔, 躛
  • 𣟉, 𤜂, 𧲝, 𧲞 (Exception: Only for mainland China character form which contains 衞.
  • 㦣 (Exception: Only for Japan character form which contains 衞. Mainland China character contains 衛 instead)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1110, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34074
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1574, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 848, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+885E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 䘙. Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢʷads) : semantic 行 + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl) + semantic 帀.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 衞 – see 衛 (“to guard; to protect; to defend; security guard; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 衛).

Usage notes

衞/卫 (wèi) and 衛/卫 (wèi) are both orthodox Chinese forms, although 衞 is the historically preferred variant in the Kangxi dictionary. The usage varies by region:

Region衛衞
Taiwan standardvariant
Hong Kong variantstandard

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

衛

Kyūjitai

衞

Kanji

衞

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 衛)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 衛 (“defense; protection”)

Readings

Korean

Hanja

衞 (eum 위 (wi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

衞: Hán Nôm readings: vệ

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References

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