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衛 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「行」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「行」
On
エイえい · ei
Kun
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Meaning
to guard; defence

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

行 "road" around 韋 "to circle"; patrolling round about — hence "to guard, defence."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onエイえいei衛生えいせい護衛ごえい守衛しゅえい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 衛生えいせい

    hygiene; sanitation

  • 人工衛星じんこうえいせい

    artificial satellite

More words with this kanji

  • 衛戍えいじゅ
  • 捍衛かんえい
  • 防衛ぼうえい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

人工(じんこう)衛星(えいせい)が空(そら)を回(まわ)っている。

An artificial satellite is circling the sky.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

人工衛星人工衛星人工衛星衛生衛人person工craft星star生life術art行to go衍to ove…衒to sho…街town永eterna…営to run曳pull兌to exc…泄to lea…
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Compound

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