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 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹人木月弓 (HODBN), four-corner 2122₁, composition ⿴行𮧮 or ⿲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)

Related characters

• 衛 (Preferred form used in Taiwan, also a Japanese shinjitai character)
• 卫 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1110, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34074
• Dae Jaweon: page 1574, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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

Simplified from 䘙. Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷads) : semantic 行 + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl) + semantic 帀.

Definitions

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

Usage notes

衞／卫 (wèi) and 衛／卫 (wèi) 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	standard	variant
Hong Kong	variant	standard

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03704-001

Japanese

Shinjitai	衛
Kyūjitai	衞

Kanji

衞

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 衛)

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

Readings

• On (unclassified): えい (ei)^{←ゑい (wei, historical)}; え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kun: まもる (mamoru, 衞る)

Korean

Hanja

衞 (eum 위 (wi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

衞: Hán Nôm readings: vệ

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References

• Nom Foundation