衛 — wi

Parts that make up 衛

How 衛 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 衛 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 行, 韋.

Korean example words with 衛

• 호위扈衛 Korean gloss: 궁궐을 지킴
• 친위親衛 Korean gloss: 임금이나 국가 원수 등의 신변을 안전하게 지킴
• 위생衛生 Korean gloss: 건강에 유익하도록 조건을 갖추거나 대책을 세우는 일
• 시위侍衛 Korean gloss: 임금이나 어떤 모임의 우두머리를 모시어 호위함. 또는 그런 사람
• 보위하다保衛 Korean gloss: 보호하고 방위하다
• 숙위하다宿衛 Korean gloss: 숙직하면서 지키다
• 웅위하다雄衛 Korean gloss: 큰 규모로 호위하다
• 옹위하다擁衛 Korean gloss: 좌우에서 부축하며 지키고 보호하다
• 자위하다自衛 Korean gloss: 몸이나 나라를 스스로 막아 지키다
• 방위하다防衛 Korean gloss: 적의 공격이나 침략을 막아서 지키다
• 호위되다護衛 Korean gloss: 곁에서 따라다니는 사람에 의해 보호되고 지켜지다
• 경위직警衛職 Korean gloss: 경위의 직위나 직무

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 衛

• 防衛ぼうえい defense; defence; protection
• 自衛隊じえいたい Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force
• 衛星えいせい (natural) satellite; moon; (artificial) satellite
• 防衛庁ぼうえいちょう Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
• 衛生えいせい hygiene; sanitation; cleanliness
• 自衛じえい self-defense; self-defence
• 自衛官じえいかん Japanese Self-Defense Force official; Self-Defense Force official
• 陸上自衛隊りくじょうじえいたい Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
• 通信衛星つうしんえいせい communication satellite; Broadcast Satellite; BS
• 海上自衛隊かいじょうじえいたい Maritime Self Defense Forces (Defence)
• 前衛ぜんえい advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde
• 護衛ごえい guard; convoy; escort

Characters sharing the phonetic 韋

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “위” in Korean.

Other hanja read “위”

Other hanja with radical 行