Hanja Analyzer
衞

衞 — wi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
막을 위, 지킬 위, 핏기운 위, 나라이름 위
Romanization
wi
English
guard, protect, defend
Mandarin
wèi
Japanese on'yomi
エイ, エ, エツ, エチ
Japanese kun'yomi
まも.る
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Japanese standard form
衛 (Grade 5)
Strokes
16
Radical
行 (144, 10 residual)
Unicode
U+885E

How 衞 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 衞 as a ideographic compound involving 行, 韋, 帀.

Other hanja read “위”

位 偉 偽 僞 危 厃 叞 喟 噅 噕 囲 圍 委 威 尉 幃 慰 暐 渭 為 煒 熨 爲 瑋 痿 緯 胃 萎 葦 葳 蒍 蔿 藯 蝟 衛 袆 褘 諉 謂 逶 違 闈 韋 韙 韡 餧 骪 骫 魏

Other hanja with radical 行

行 衍 衎 衒 術 街 衙 衛 衝 衡 衢

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