衞 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. まもる。
2. 建物などを定常的に警護すること又はその人。
3. 周りを取り囲む。
4. 中国、周代の諸侯国の一つ。武王の弟を祖とし、朝歌を都とした。紀元前209年秦に滅ぼされた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

defense

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• エイ
• エ

Kun (native)

• まも(る)

Nanori (used in names)

• まもり
• まもる

Other languages

• 拼音wei4
• 한글wi
• Hán-ViệtVệ

infoBasics

Strokes

16 strokes

Radical

行(ぎょう)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+885E

grid_viewComponents

• 口くち
• 巾はば
• 彳ぎょうにんべん
• 行ぎょう

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿴行𮧮

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 衟One part differs
• 衠One part differs
• 銜One part differs
• 鵆One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

compare_arrowsVariants

• 衛Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-3-13

Four Corner

2122.1

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3i13.3

Nelson

1640