The kanji 衛: meaning, readings and stroke order

衛

Meaning: guard, protect
On reading: エイ ei
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 16
Radical: 行 go, do
Level: Level 5 · grade 5
Old form: 衞

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bảo vệ, canh giữ (vệ)
Japanese: まもる。みはる。
Korean: 지키다 (위)
Chinese: 保卫、守护 (卫)

Readings, words and example sentences

エイ ei · on reading

衛えい星せい
satellite
人工衛えい星せいが地球のまわりを回ります。
Human-made satellites circle the Earth.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.