Chinese Character 衞 Meanings and components.

Form

衞

Meaning

衞 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 衛|卫[Wei4].

To Guard.

To Defend.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 衞 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , and variant of 匝[za1] (帀)

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 HODBN

How to write 衞

To write衞wei4variant of … you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 帀za1variant of … arranged in a 弼 shape:

彳 + 帀 = 衞

衞 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

衞
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:弼
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 衛|卫[Wei4] . To Guard . To Defend
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
帀
Pinyin:za1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 匝[Za1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
巾
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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