Chinese Character 衛 Meanings and components.

Form

衛

Meaning

衛 meaning[3] in English

Surname Wei.

Vassal State During The Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 Bc), Located In Present Day Henan And Hebei Provinces.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 衛 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , and surname Wei (韋)

Its radical[1] is: 行 (xing2) which means: Row, Line, Commercial Firm, Line Of Business, Profession, To Rank (First, Second Etc) Among One's Siblings (By Age), (In Data Tables) Row, (Tw) Column, .行xing2row

In cangjie it is written with HODQN

How to write 衛

To write衛wei4surname Wei you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 韋wei2surname Wei arranged in a 弼 shape:

彳 + 韋 = 衛

衛 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 衛 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 衛, looks as follow:

衛
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:弼
Meaning[3]: Surname Wei . Vassal State During The Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 Bc), Located In Present Day Henan And Hebei Provinces
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
韋
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wei

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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