卫 (wèi): meaning and stroke order
卫 (wèi) means to guard, to protect, to defend, abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene, health.
卫
- Simplified
- 卫
- Traditional
- 衛
- Pinyin
- wèi
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Stroke order of 卫
卫
- Wèi surname Wei; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces
- wèi to guard; to protect
- 3 strokes
- Traditional form: 衛
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Meaning of 卫
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wèi
Traditional 衛
- to guard
- to protect
- to defend
- abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene
- health
- abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet
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Wèi
Traditional 衛
- surname Wei
- vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces
Radical and structure
- 卫
- Radical 卩 (Kangxi radical 26) · 3 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 卫
- 精卫 Jīng wèi mythological bird, reincarnation of drowned daughter Nüwa 女娃[Nu:3 wa2] of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yan2 di4]
- 卫生间 wèi shēng jiān bathroom; toilet
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).