衞

See also: 衛 and 卫
衞 U+885E, 衞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885E
← 衝
[U+885D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 衟 →
[U+885F]

Translingual

Han character

衞 (radical 144, 行+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹人木月弓 (HODBN), four-corner 21221, composition ⿲彳𮧮亍)

Derived characters
  • 𨇙, 𥶽, 讏, 𧲔, 躛
  • 𣟉, 𤜂, 𧲝, 𧲞 (Exception: Only for mainland China character form which contains 衞.
  • 㦣 (Exception: Only for Japan character form which contains 衞. Mainland China character contains 衛 instead)

References
  • KangXi: page 1110, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34074
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1574, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 848, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+885E

Chinese

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (衛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
衞 *ɢʷads
讏 *ɢʷads
躛 *qʰrɯːds

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 行 + 韋 + 帀.

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 衞 – see 衛 (“to guard; to protect; to defend; security guard; etc.”).
(This character, 衞, is a variant form of 衛.)

Usage notes

衞 and 衛 are both orthodox Chinese forms, although 衞 is the historically preferred variant in the Kangxi dictionary. The usage varies by region:

Region衛衞
Taiwan standardvariant
Hong Kong variantstandard

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

 衛

Kyūjitai

 衞

Kanji
衞

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 衛)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 衛 (“defense; protection”)

Readings
  • On (unclassified): えい (ei); え (e)
  • Kun: まもる (mamoru, 衞る)

Korean

Hanja

衞 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

衞 (vệ)

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References
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